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can become a qualified automatic 

contribution arrangement and 

automatically satisfy the ADP test of 

section 401(k)(3)A)(ii). These 

regulations also describe how an 

automatic contribution arrangement can 

become an eligible automatic 

contribution arrangement and 

employees can get back mistaken 

contributions. 

Form: None. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 30,000. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: July 19, 2018. 

Jennifer P. Quintana, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Findings of Research Misconduct 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), gives notice that 

the Department has made findings of 

research misconduct against Alba 

Chavez-Dozal, Ph.D., a former employee 

of the New Mexico VA Health Care 

System in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Research Misconduct Officer, Office of 

Research Oversight, 10R, Veterans 

Health Administration, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632– 

7620. This is not a toll free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 

gives notice under VHA Handbook 

1058.02 ‘‘Research Misconduct’’ § 6k, 

that the Department has made findings 

of research misconduct against Alba 

Chavez-Dozal, Ph.D., a former employee 

of the New Mexico VA Health Care 

System in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Specifically, the Department found 

that the Respondent, a post-doctoral 

research fellow who formerly held a VA 

without compensation appointment, 

engaged in research misconduct by 

intentionally and/or knowingly: 

(1) Recording fabricated data that 

described the generation and 

characterization of an END3 mutant 

yeast strain and presenting that data at 

two lab meetings; 

(2) Fabricating the image of a 

Southern blot reported in Figure 1A of 

a journal article titled ‘‘Functional 

Analysis of the Exocyst Subunit Sec15 

in Candida albicans’’ published in 

Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:1228–39. 

(Retraction in: Eukaryot Cell (2015) 

14(12):ii); 

(3) Falsifying research results by using 

the same protein gel to represent two 

different experiments: A degradation 

assay utilizing the SEC15 mutant in 

Figure 6A of the publication Eukaryot 

Cell (2015) 14:1228–39 and a 

degradation assay utilizing the SEC6 

mutant in Figure 9A of a journal article 

titled ‘‘The Candida albicans Exocyst 

Subunit Sec6 Contributes to Cell Wall 

Integrity and is a Determinant of Hyphal 

Branching’’ published in Eukaryot Cell 

(2015) 14:684–97. (Retraction in: 

Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14(12):i); 

(4) Falsifying research results reported 

in Figures 4A (vacuole characterization), 

6 (cell growth) and 9B (lipase secretion) 

of the publication Eukaryot Cell (2015) 

14:684–97 by using images that 

represent different conditions than 

those reported; 

(5) Falsifying protein localization 

results reported in Figures 7, 8 and 9 of 

the publication Eukaryot Cell (2015) 

14:1228–39 by using microscopy images 

that represent different conditions than 

those reported; and 

(6) Republishing falsified data from 

Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:684–97 and 

Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:1228–39 in the 

review article titled ‘‘The exocyst in 

Candida albicans polarized secretion 

and filamentation’’ in Curr Genet (2016) 

62:343–6. (Retraction in: Curr Genet 

(2016) 62:911). 

In response to these findings, the 

Department has imposed the following 

corrective actions: 

(1) Prohibition from conducting VA 

research for four years. 

(2) Publication of VA’s finding of 

research misconduct. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd, Acting Chief of 

Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

approved this document on June 27, 

2018, for publication. 

Dated: July 18, 2018. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15762 Filed 7–23–18; 8:45 am] 

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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 the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act that a meeting 

of the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on 

Rehabilitation (VACOR) will be held on 

Tuesday and Wednesday, August 28–29, 

2018, in Room 542, 1800 G Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006. The meeting 

will begin at 8:30 a.m. EST and adjourn 

at 4:00 p.m. EST each day. The meeting 

is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice to the Secretary on the 

rehabilitation needs of Veterans with 

disabilities and on the administration of 

VA’s rehabilitation programs. 

On August 27, 2018, Committee 

members will be provided with updated 

briefings on various VA programs 

designed to enhance the rehabilitative 

potential of disabled Veterans. 

On August 28, 2018, the Committee 

will begin consideration of potential 

recommendations to be included in the 

Committee’s next annual report. 

Although no time will be allocated for 

receiving oral presentations from the 

public, members of the public may 

submit written statements for review by 

the Committee to Sabrina McNeil, 

Designated Federal Officer, Veterans 

Benefits Administration (28), 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20420, or via email at Sabrina.McNeil@

va.gov. In the communication, writers 

must identify themselves and state the 

organization, association or person(s) 

they represent. Because the meeting is 

being held in a government building, a 

photo I.D. must be presented at the 

Guard’s Desk as part of the clearance 

process. Due to an increase in security 

protocols, and in order to prevent delays 

in clearance processing, you should 

allow an additional 30 minutes before 

the meeting begins. Any member of the 

public who wish to attend the meeting 

should RSVP to Sabrina McNeil at (202) 

461–9618 no later than close of 

business, August 20, 2018, at the phone 

number or email address noted above. 


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Dated: July 18, 2018. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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