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from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (EST). All
sessions will be open to the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to
advise the Secretary, through the
Assistant Secretary for Management and
Chief Financial Officers, on matters
relating to improving and enhancing
VA’s efforts to identify, prevent, and
mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse across
VA in order to improve the integrity of
VA’s payments and the efficiency of its
programs and activities.
The agenda will include briefings
from the Deputy Secretary of VA, the
Advisory Committee Management
Office, the Office of General Counsel,
presentations on VA’s programs, and an
overview of committee objectives,
committee business, and activities.
Time will be allocated for receiving
comment from the public in the
afternoon. A sign-up sheet for 5-minute
comments will be available at the
meeting. For interested parties who
cannot attend in person, the dial-in
number is (800) 767–1750, access code
030905#. Note: The telephone line will
be muted until the Committee Chairman
opens the floor for public comment.
Individuals who wish to address the
Committee may submit a 1–2 page
summary of their comments for
inclusion in the official meeting record.
Members of the public may also submit
written statements for the Committee’s
review to Tamika Barrier via email at
tamika.barrier@va.gov.
Because the meeting is being held in
a government building, a photo I.D.
must be presented as part of the
clearance process. Therefore, any person
attending should allow an additional 30
minutes before the meeting begins. Any
member of the public seeking additional
information should contact Tamika
Barrier, Designated Federal Officer, at
(757) 254–8630.
Dated: October 3, 2017.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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Veterans’ Research and Health
Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act that the
Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory
Committee will meet on November 1–2,
2017. The meeting will be held at 333
John Carlyle St., 4th Floor Conference
Room, in Alexandria, VA 22314 on
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November 1–2; both meeting sessions
will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EST) each day
and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The
meetings are open to the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to
advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
on rural health care issues affecting
Veterans. The Committee examines
Programs and policies that impact the
delivery of VA rural health care to
Veterans and discusses ways to improve
and enhance VA access to rural health
care services for Veterans.
The agenda will include updates from
Department leadership, the Assistant
Deputy Under Secretary for Health for
Policy and Services, Director Office of
Rural Health and Committee Chairman,
as well as presentations on general
health care access.
Public comments will be received at
4:30 p.m. on November 1, 2017.
Interested parties should contact Ms.
Judy Bowie, via email at VRHAC@
va.gov, via fax at (202) 632–8615, or by
mail at 810 Vermont Avenue NW.,
(10P1R), Washington, DC 20420.
Individuals wishing to speak are invited
to submit a 1–2 page summary of their
comment for inclusion in the official
meeting record. Any member of the
public seeking additional information
should contact Ms. Bowie at the phone
number or email address noted above.
Dated: October 4, 2017.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–21770 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries
and Memorials, Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act that a meeting
of the Advisory Committee on
Cemeteries and Memorials will be held
on October 31–November 1, 2017. The
meeting sessions will take place at the
Jefferson Barracks Medical Center, 1
Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 56,
St. Louis, MO 63125. Sessions are open
to the public, except when the
Committee is conducting tours of VA
facilities, participating in off-site events,
and participating in workgroup
sessions. Tours of VA facilities are
closed, to protect from disclosure
Veterans’ information the disclosure of
which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
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The purpose of the Committee is to
advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
on the administration of national
cemeteries, soldiers’ lots and plots, the
selection of new national cemetery sites,
the erection of appropriate memorials,
and the adequacy of Federal burial
benefits. The Committee will make
recommendations to the Secretary
regarding such activities.
On the morning of Tuesday, October
31st, the Committee will convene with
an open session at the Jefferson Barracks
Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks
Drive, Building 56, St. Louis, MO 63125,
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The agenda
will include briefings on NCA
Modernization efforts and Committee
recommendations. In the afternoon,
from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the
Committee will reconvene a closed
session, as it tours the NCA National
Training Center co-located at the
meeting site and Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery at 2900 Sheridan
Road, St. Louis, MO 63125.
On November 1st, the meeting will
convene an open session at the Jefferson
Barracks Medical Center, 1 Jefferson
Barracks Drive, Building 56, St. Louis,
MO 63125, from 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The agenda will include a continuation
of briefings on Committee
Recommendations and a briefing on the
Veterans Legacy Program.
Time will be allocated for receiving
oral presentations from the public each
day. Any member of the public wishing
to attend the meeting should contact
Ms. Christine Hamilton, Designated
Federal Officer, at (202) 461–5680. The
Committee will also accept written
comments. Comments may be
transmitted electronically to the
Committee at Christine.hamilton1@
va.gov or mailed to the National
Cemetery Administration (40A1), 810
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420. In the public’s communications
with the Committee, the writers must
identify themselves and state the
organizations, associations, or persons
they represent.
Dated: October 3, 2017.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans' Research and Health Advisory Committee; Notice of
Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Veterans' Rural Health Advisory
Committee will meet on November 1-2, 2017. The meeting will be held at
333 John Carlyle St., 4th Floor Conference Room, in Alexandria, VA
22314 on November 1-2; both meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m.
(EST) each day and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The meetings are open to
the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on rural health care issues affecting Veterans. The Committee
examines Programs and policies that impact the delivery of VA rural
health care to Veterans and discusses ways to improve and enhance VA
access to rural health care services for Veterans.
The agenda will include updates from Department leadership, the
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services,
Director Office of Rural Health and Committee Chairman, as well as
presentations on general health care access.
Public comments will be received at 4:30 p.m. on November 1, 2017.
Interested parties should contact Ms. Judy Bowie, via email at
VRHAC@va.gov, via fax at (202) 632-8615, or by mail at 810 Vermont
Avenue NW., (10P1R), Washington, DC 20420. Individuals wishing to speak
are invited to submit a 1-2 page summary of their comment for inclusion
in the official meeting record. Any member of the public seeking
additional information should contact Ms. Bowie at the phone number or
email address noted above.
Dated: October 4, 2017.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-21770 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am]
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