8330 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 14, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

Shawn Collins, 

Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3361 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Health Services Research and 

Development Service Scientific Merit 

Review Board; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that various subcommittees of the 

Health Services Research and 

Development Service Scientific Merit 

Review Board will meet on March 6–8, 

2012, at the Hilton New Orleans 

Riverside, 2 Poydras Street, New 

Orleans, Louisiana. Each subcommittee 

meeting of the Board will be open to the 

public the first day for approximately 

one half-hour from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. 

to cover administrative matters and to 

discuss the general status of the 

program. The remaining portion of the 

meetings will be closed. The closed 

portion of each meeting will involve 

discussion, examination, reference to, 

and oral review of the intramural 

research proposals and critiques. 

The purpose of the Board is to review 

research and development applications 

involving the measurement and 

evaluation of health care services, the 

testing of new methods of health care 

delivery and management, and nursing 

research. Applications are reviewed for 

scientific and technical merit. 

Recommendations regarding funding are 

submitted to the Chief Research and 

Development Officer. 

On March 6, the subcommittee on 

Nursing Research Initiatives will 

convene from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the 

Career Development Award will 

convene from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On 

March 7, the Career Development 

Award will reconvene from 8 a.m. to 3 

p.m.; and six subcommittees on Health 

Services Research (HSR) (HSR 1— 

Medical Care and Clinical Management; 

HSR 2—Determinants of Patient 

Response to Care; HSR 3—Informatics 

and Research Methods Development; 

HSR 4—Mental and Behavioral Health; 

HSR 5—Health Care System 

Organization and Delivery, and HSR 6— 

Post-acute and Long-term Care) will 

convene from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. On March 

8, eight subcommittees on HSR 

Collaborative Research (HCR) to 

Enhance and Advance Transformation 

and Excellence (HCR 1—Post-Traumatic 

Stress Disorders; HCR 2—Substance Use 

Disorders; HCR 3—Rehabilitation/Rural; 

HCR 4—Women’s Health; HCR 5—Pain; 

HCR 6—Long-Term Care; HCR 7— 

Diabetes; and HCR 8—Safety Health 

Information Technology) will convene 

from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

During the closed portion of each 

meeting, discussion and 

recommendations will include 

qualifications of the personnel 

conducting the studies (the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy), as well as research information 

(the premature disclosure of which 

would likely compromise significantly 

the implementation of proposed agency 

action regarding such research projects). 

As provided by subsection 10(d) of 

Public Law 92–463, as amended by 

Public Law 94–409, closing portions of 

each meeting is in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). 

Those who plan to attend the open 

sessions should contact Kristy BentonGrover, Scientific Merit Review Program 

Manager, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 

Health Services Research and 

Development (10P9H), 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, or 

by email at Kristy.benton-grover@va.gov, 

at least 5 days before the meeting. For 

further information, please call Mrs. 

Benton-Grover at (202) 443–5728. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

Vivian Drake, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Cemeteries 

and Memorials; 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 Cemeteries and 

Memorials will be held on April 24–25, 

2012, in Suite 150 at the Veterans 

Health Administration Conference 

Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 150, Arlington, 

VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the administration of national 

cemeteries, soldiers’ lots and plots, the 

selection of new national cemetery sites, 

the erection of appropriate memorials, 

and the adequacy of Federal burial 

benefits. 

On April 24, the Committee will 

receive updates on National Cemetery 

Administrations issues. In the morning 

of April 25, the Committee will 

participate in a wreath presentation and 

tour the Quantico National Cemetery, 

18424 Joplin Road, Triangle, Virginia. In 

the afternoon, the Committee will 

reconvene at the Conference Center and 

discuss Committee recommendations, 

future meeting sites, and potential 

agenda topics at future meetings. 

Time will be allocated for receiving 

public comments at 1 p.m. Public 

comments will be limited to three 

minutes each. Individuals wishing to 

make oral statements before the 

Committee will be accommodated on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

Individuals who speak are invited to 

submit 1–2 page summaries of their 

comments at the time of the meeting for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

Members of the public may direct 

questions or submit written statements 

for review by the Committee in advance 

of the meeting to Mr. Michael Nacincik, 

Designated Federal Officer, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery 

Administration (41C2), 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, or 

by email at Michael.n@va.gov. In the 

public’s communications with the 

Committee, the writers must identify 

themselves and state the organizations, 

associations, or persons they represent. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

attend the meeting should contact Mr. 

Nacincik at (202) 461–6240. 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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