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performance of the OCC’s functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the OCC’s 

estimates of the burden of the 

information collections, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

information collections on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Dated: July 6, 2018. 

Karen Solomon, 

Acting First Deputy Comptroller and Chief 

Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Open Meeting of the Financial 

Research Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Financial Research, 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting; time 

change. 

SUMMARY: The Financial Research 

Advisory Committee for the Treasury’s 

Office of Financial Research (OFR) 

previously announced its 12th meeting 

to be held on Thursday, July 26, 2018, 

in the Benjamin Strong Room, Federal 

Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty 

Street, New York, New York, 10045, 

beginning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. 

By this notice, the OFR is changing the 

start time for the meeting to 1:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The meeting will be open 

to the public and limited seating will be 

available. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, July 26, 2018, beginning at 

1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Benjamin Strong Room, Federal 

Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty 

Street, New York, New York, 10045. The 

meeting will be open to the public. A 

limited number of seats will be available 

for those interested in attending the 

meeting, and those seats would be on a 

first-come, first-served basis. Because 

the meeting will be held in a secured 

facility, members of the public who plan 

to attend the meeting MUST contact the 

OFR by email at OFR_FRAC@

ofr.treasury.gov by 5 p.m. ET on 

Thursday, July 19, 2018, to inform the 

OFR of their desire to attend the 

meeting and receive further instructions 

about building clearance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Avstreih, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Financial Research, 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20220, (202) 927–8032 (this is not a 

toll-free number), or OFR_FRAC@

ofr.treasury.gov. Persons who have 

difficulty hearing or speaking may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 2, 

2018 (83 FR 31035), the OFR announced 

the 12th meeting of the Financial 

Research Advisory Committee. The OFR 

has had to change the start time for the 

meeting until 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

All other information in the notice is 

unchanged, including the location and 

tentative agenda/topics for discussion. 

Dated: July 3, 2018. 

Barbara Shycoff, 

Chief of External Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14949 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Creating Options for Veterans 

Expedited Recovery (COVER) 

Commission; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the Creating 

Options for Veterans Expedited Recover 

(COVER) Commission gives notice that 

the first meeting will be held on July 24 

and July 25, 2018 at the Capital Hilton, 

1001 16th Street NW, Washington, DC. 

The meeting will convene at 8:00 a.m. 

and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. EST on July 24 

and July 25. The meeting will be 

partially closed to the public on July 24, 

2018 and July 25, 2018. In accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6), which 

exempt a meeting from the requirement 

to be open to the public, the meeting 

will be closed on July 24 from 8:00 a.m. 

to 12:00 p.m. because it is likely to 

‘‘relate solely to the internal personnel 

rules and practices of an agency’’ or 

‘‘disclose . . . information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy.’’ On July 

25, the meeting will be closed from 

12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. under section 

552b(c)(9)(B) because it would reveal 

information the disclosure of which 

would, ‘‘in the case of an agency, be 

likely to significantly frustrate 

implementation of a proposed agency 

action.’’ This closed session will 

include discussion of ground rules, 

decision making protocol, and strategy 

to establish ground rules. Any 

precipitous release of those discussions 

through an open session will frustrate 

program implementation, to the 

detriment of our Veterans who we 

consider our greatest customer/ 

benefactor of the commission. 

Open sessions will be held on both 

days in Capital Hilton’s South American 

AB room. The open session on Day 1 

will focus current VHA Whole Health 

Practices, VA’s Mental Health Services 

and Resources. The open session Day 2 

will include review and discussion of 

the objectives of the Commission as 

described in the Comprehensive 

Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 

2016. A listening line will be available 

to the public who prefer to call in rather 

than attend the open sessions at the 

Capital Hilton. This listening line 

number will be activated 10 minutes 

before each of the two open sessions. 

The listening line number is 800–767– 

1750; access code 48664#. 

The purpose of the COVER 

Commission is to examine the evidencebased therapy treatment model used by 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

for treating mental health conditions of 

Veterans and the potential benefits of 

incorporating complementary and 

integrative health approaches as 

standard practice throughout the 

Department. The Commission will: (1) 

Examine the efficacy of the evidencebased therapy model used by VA to treat 

mental health illnesses and identify 

areas of improvement; (2) conduct a 

patient-centered survey within each 

VISN to examine: The experiences of 

veterans with VA facilities regarding 

mental health care, the experiences of 

veterans with non-VA facilities 

regarding mental health care, the 

preferences of veterans regarding 

available treatment for mental health 

issues and which methods the veterans 

believe to be most effective, the 

experience, if any, of veterans with 

respect to complementary and 

integrative health approaches, the 

prevalence of prescribing medication to 

veterans seeking treatment for mental 

health disorders through VA, and the 

outreach efforts of VA regarding the 

availability of benefits and treatments 

for veterans for addressing mental 

health issues; (3) examine available 

research on complementary and 

integrative health approaches for mental 

health disorders in areas of therapy 

including: Music therapy, equine 

therapy, training and caring for service 

dogs, yoga therapy, acupuncture 

therapy, meditation therapy, outdoor 

sports therapy, hyperbaric oxygen 

therapy, accelerated resolution therapy, 

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and others; (4) study the sufficiency of 

VA resources to deliver quality mental 

health care; and (5) study the current 

treatments and resources available 

within VA and assess: The effectiveness 

of such treatments and resources in 

decreasing the number of suicides per 

day by veterans, the number of veterans 

who have been diagnosed with mental 

health issues, the percentage of veterans 

who have completed VA counseling 

sessions, and the efforts of VA to 

expand complementary and integrative 

health treatments viable to the recovery 

of veterans with mental health issues as 

determined by the Secretary to improve 

the effectiveness of treatments offered 

by VA. 

Any member of the public seeking 

additional information should email 

COVER Commission@va.gov. The 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

Commission is Ms. Sheila B. Hickman. 

Ms. Hickman and the staff will be 

monitoring and responding to questions 

or comments sent to this email box. The 

Committee will also accept written 

comments which may be sent to the 

same email box. In the public’s 

communications with the Committee, 

the writers must identify themselves 

and state the organizations, associations, 

or persons they represent. 

Dated: July 9, 2018. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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