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designated as Geriatric Research, 

Education, and Clinical Centers. 

The meeting will feature 

presentations and discussions on VA’s 

geriatrics and extended care programs, 

aging research activities, update on the 

VA’s geriatric workforce (to include 

training, recruitment and retention 

approaches), Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA) strategic 

planning activities in geriatrics and 

extended care, recent VHA efforts 

regarding dementia and program 

advances in palliative care, and 

performance and oversight of the VA 

Geriatric Research, Education, and 

Clinical Centers. 

No time will be allocated at this 

meeting for receiving oral presentations 

from the public. Interested parties 

should provide written comments for 

review by the Committee not less than 

10 days in advance of the meeting to 

Mrs. Marcia Holt-Delaney, Office of 

Geriatrics and Extended Care (114), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. Individuals who wish to attend 

the meeting should contact Mrs. HoltDelaney, Program Analyst, at (202) 461– 

6769. 

Dated: August 11, 2009. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee will hold a meeting on 

September 2–3, 2009, in Capitol Room 

B at the Hyatt Regency Washington on 

Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. The September 2 

session will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 

on September 3 the session will be from 

8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The meeting is open 

to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on health care issues affecting enrolled 

Veterans residing in rural areas. The 

Committee examines programs and 

policies that impact the provision of VA 

health care to enrolled Veterans residing 

in rural areas, and discusses ways to 

improve and enhance VA services for 

these Veterans. 

On September 2, the Committee will 

hear from VA officials such as the 

Director, Office of Rural Health, the 

Chief of Staff, a telehealth professional 

from the Office of Care Coordination, 

and a member of the Telehealth 

Outreach Clinic staff. 

On September 3, the Committee will 

hear from VA officials such as the Chief 

Consultant on Telehealth from the 

Office of Care Coordination and a 

representative of the Office of General 

Counsel on the annual ethics review. 

Interested parties should express in 

writing their desire to address the 

Committee not less than 10 days in 

advance of the meeting to Ms. Kara 

Hawthorne, Designated Federal Officer, 

10A5, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, or by e-mail at 

rural.health.inquiry@va.gov. 

Dated: August 10, 2009. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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