21158 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 68 / Monday, April 9, 2012 / Notices 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Refund 

Processing Communications Project 

Committee will be conducted. The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas, and 

suggestions on improving customer 

service at the Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday May 24 and Friday, May 25, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Smiley at 1–888–912–1227 or 

414–231–2360. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Refund Processing 

Communications Project Committee will 

be held Thursday, May 24 from 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and Friday, May 25 from 8 

a.m. to Noon Central Time at 211 West 

Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 

53203–2221. The public is invited to 

make oral comments or submit written 

statements for consideration. 

Notification of intent to participate must 

be made with Ms. Ellen Smiley. For 

more information please contact Ms. 

Smiley at 1–888–912–1227 or 414–231– 

2360, or write TAP Office Stop 

1006MIL, 211 West Wisconsin Avenue, 

Milwaukee, WI 53203–2221, or post 

comments to the web site: http:// 

www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Louis Morizio, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8412 Filed 4–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Refund Processing 

Communications Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Refund 

Processing Communications Project 

Committee will be conducted. The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas, and 

suggestions on improving customer 

service at the Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, May 3, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Smiley at 1–888–912–1227 or 

414–231–2360. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Refund Processing 

Communications Project Committee will 

be held Thursday, May 03, 2012 at 2 

p.m. Eastern Time via telephone 

conference. The public is invited to 

make oral comments or submit written 

statements for consideration. Due to 

limited conference lines, notification of 

intent to participate must be made with 

Ms. Ellen Smiley. For more information 

please contact Ms. Smiley at 1–888– 

912–1227 or 414–231–2360, or write 

TAP Office Stop 1006MIL, 211 West 

Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 

53203–2221, or post comments to the 

Web site: http://www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Louis Morizio, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8413 Filed 4–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

VA Directive 0005 on Scientific 

Integrity: Availability for Review and 

Comment 

AGENCY: Office of Policy and Planning, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Federal Register Notice 

announces an opportunity for public 

review and comment on the Draft 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

Directive 0005 on Scientific Integrity. 

The Draft Directive incorporates the 

principles of scientific integrity 

contained in the Presidential 

Memorandum of March 9, 2009, and the 

Director, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy’s Memorandum of 

December 17, 2010, on scientific 

integrity. It addresses how VA ensures 

quality science in its methods, review, 

policy application, and information 

dissemination. 

DATES: Written comments on the Draft 

VA Directive 0005 on Scientific 

Integrity must be received on or before 

May 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http:// 

www.Regulations.gov; or by mail or 

hand-delivery to Director, Regulations 

Management (02REG), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 

20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026. 

Comments should indicate that they are 

submitted in response to ‘‘Draft VA 

Directive 0005: Scientific Integrity.’’ All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection in the Office of 

Regulation Policy and Management, 

Room 1063B, between the hours of 8 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday (except holidays). Call (202) 461– 

4902 for an appointment. Those without 

computer access may call Dr. Billy Jones 

at (202) 368–5836 to request a copy of 

the Draft Directive. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Billy E. Jones, MD, Senior Advisor to 

the Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Planning (008), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, at 202–461–5762. (This is not a 

toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Presidential Memorandum on 

Scientific Integrity and the Office of 

Science and Technology Policy 2010 

guidance memorandum on scientific 

integrity call for ensuring the highest 

level of integrity in all aspects of the 

executive branch’s involvement with 

scientific and technological processes. 

The Draft VA Directive 0005 on 

Scientific Integrity: 

b Fosters a culture of transparency, 

integrity, and ethical behavior in the 

development and application of 

scientific and technological findings in 

VA; 

b Protects the development, 

application, and dissemination of 

scientific and technological information 

from inappropriate political or 

commercial influence; 

b Ensures that selection and 

retention of candidates for science and 

technology positions are based on 

demonstrated knowledge, potential, 

credentials, experience, and integrity; 

b Prohibits suppression or alteration 

of scientific and technological finds for 

political purposes; 

b Affords whistleblower protections 

to employees who have scientific 

integrity concerns; 

b Upholds professional and 

governmental standards for the conduct 

of research, including the protection of 

human subjects, laboratory animal 

welfare, research safety and security; 

research information protection and 

privacy; and research integrity; 

b Promotes free flow and exchange 

of scientific and technological 

information within the scientific and 

medical communities, as well as to 

Veterans and the general public; 


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