[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 111 (Thursday, June 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 36508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14375]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on 
Rehabilitation (VACOR), authorized by Public Law 96-466, Subsection 
1521, will be held on July 11th through 13th, 2000. The meeting will be 
held at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Room 430, Washington, 
DC 20420. On July 11th and 12th, the meeting will convent at 9:00 a.m. 
and adjourn at 4:00 p.m. On July 13th, the meeting will convene at 9:00 
a.m. and adjourn at 12:00 noon. The purpose of the meeting is to review 
the quality of the services which the Department of Veterans Affairs 
provides to disabled veterans who participate in VA sponsored programs 
of rehabilitation. In addition, VACOR will conduct an internal business 
meeting focusing on a review of past activities and the development of 
future initiatives.
    On July 11th, the meeting will begin with opening remarks and an 
overview of VACOR activities (including the introduction of new 
members) by the new VACOR Chairman, Mr. Richard K. Pimentel. Schedule 
permitting, the Honorable Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, will address VACOR and present certificates of appointment to 
its new members. Following the Secretary's presentation, Mr. James 
Adams, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, will brief members on the 
Federal regulations covering ethical standards for members as well as 
assist in the completion of required Financial Disclosure Forms. The 
afternoon session will consist of a review of the VACOR mandate and 
charter.
    On July 12, Mr. Julius Williams, Director of Vocational 
Rehabilitation and Employment Service (VR&E), along with selected 
program staff members, will present an update of new VR&E Program 
initiatives installed with VR&E during the past year. During the 
afternoon of the 12th, Dr. Mindy L. Aisen, Director of Rehabilitation 
Research and Development Service, will present a program report on VA 
rehabilitation research projects entitled, ``What We Do Today Impacts 
On Tommorrow's Rehabilitation Decisions'' Honorable Dennis Duffy, 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Analysis, will conclude the day's 
program with a review of the background and research developed in 
support of the new VA publication, ``The Changing Veteran Population: 
1990-2020.''
    The final day of the meeting, July 13, will consist of a review of 
past unfinished business, the generation and formulation of 
recommendations for needed program changes, and a discussion of future 
meeting sites and potential agenda topics.
    All meetings will be open to the public. Oral statements will be 
heard at the July 13 morning meeting. If additional information is 
needed, please contact Mr. Frank J. Donlan, Counseling Psychologist, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, at (202) 273-7436.


    Dated: June 1, 2000.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-14375 Filed 6-7-00; 8:45 am]
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