54868 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 19, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics 

and Special Disabilities Programs; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Prosthetics and Special 

Disabilities Programs will be held 

October 3–4, 2006, in Room 230, VA 

Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will 

convene at 8:30 a.m. on both days. On 

October 3, it will adjourn at 4:30 p.m., 

and on October 4 at 12 noon. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on VA’s prosthetic programs designed to 

provide state-of-the-art prosthetics and 

the associated rehabilitation research, 

development, and evaluation of such 

technology. The Committee also 

provides advice to the Secretary on 

special disability programs which are 

defined as any program administered by 

the Secretary to serve veterans with 

spinal cord injury, blindness or vision 

impairment, loss of or loss of the use of 

extremities, deafness or hearing 

impairment, or other serious 

incapacities in terms of daily life 

functions. 

There will be presentations by various 

Veterans Health Administration officials 

throughout the meeting. On the morning 

of October 3, the Committee will be 

briefed by the Chief Consultant, 

Rehabilitation Services, and the 

Director, Physical Medicine and 

Rehabilitation. In the afternoon, there 

will be briefings from the Director of 

Ophthalmology and Optometry, and the 

Chief Prosthetics and Clinical Logistics 

Officer. On the morning of October 4, 

the Committee will be briefed by the 

Chief Research and Development 

Officer. 

No time will be allocated for receiving 

oral presentations from the public. 

However, members of the public may 

direct questions or submit written 

statements for review by the Committee 

in advance for the meeting to Ms. 

Cynthia Wade, Designated Federal 

Officer, Veterans Health Administration, 

Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation 

Services (117), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. Any member of 

the public wishing to attend the meeting 

should contact Ms. Wade at (202) 273–

8485. 

Dated: September 12, 2006. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7762 Filed 9–18–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Genomic Medicine Program Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Genomic Medicine Program 

Advisory Committee will meet on 

October 16, 2006 in room 230 at the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The meeting will convene at 8 a.m. 

and adjourn at 5:30 p.m. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on using genetic 

information to optimize medical care of 

veterans and to enhance development of 

tests and treatments for diseases 

particularly relevant to veterans. 

The Committee will receive an 

overview of the VA health care system 

and electronic medical record, and will 

be asked to provide insight into optimal 

ways for VA to incorporate genomic 

information into its health care program 

while applying appropriate ethical 

oversight and protecting the privacy of 

veterans. 

There will be a period reserved for 

public comments, and oral 

presentations will be limited to five 

minutes. Interested parties may provide 

written 1–2 page summaries of their 

comments for inclusion in the official 

meeting record. 

Any member of the public seeking 

additional information should contact 

Dr. Timothy O’Leary at 

timothy.oleary@va.gov. 

Dated: September 12, 2006. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7760 Filed 9–18–06; 8:45 am] 

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