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through the Director of the Cooperative

Studies Program on the relevance and

feasibility of the studies, the adequacy

of the protocols, and the scientific

validity and propriety of technical

details, including protection of human

subjects.

The meeting will be open to the

public from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. to

discuss the general status of the

program. Those who plan to attend

should contact Ms. Carla DeSpain,

Coordinator, Department of Veterans

Affairs, Washington, DC, at (202) 273–

8274.

The meeting will be closed from 8

a.m. to 5 p.m. This portion of the

meeting involves consideration of

specific proposals in accordance with

provisions set forth in 10(d) of Public

Law 92.463, as amended by sections

5(C) of Public Law 94–409, and 5 U.S.C.

552b(C)(6). During the closed session of

the meeting, discussions and

recommendations will deal with

qualifications of personnel conducting

the studies, staff and consultant

critiques of research proposals, and

similar documents, and the medical

records of patients who are study

subjects, the disclosures of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Dated: September 28, 2000.

By Direction of the Acting Secretary.

Marvin R. Eason,

Committee Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Voluntary Service National Advisory

Committee, Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

gives notice under Public Law 92–463

that the Executive Committee,

Department of Veterans Affairs

Voluntary Service (VAVS) National

Advisory Committee (NAC) will meet

October 24–25, 2000 at Double Tree

Hotel at Reid Park, 445 South Alvernon

Way, Tucson, AZ. The meeting is

scheduled from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

on October 24, 2000, and from 8 a.m.

until 12 noon on October 25, 2000.

The NAC consists of sixty national

organization and advises the Under

Secretary for Health and other members

of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Central Office staff on how to coordinate

and promote volunteer activities within

VA facilities. The Executive Committee

consists of nineteen representatives

from the NAC member organizations

and acts as the NAC governing body in

the interim period between NAC

Annual Meetings. Business topics for

the October 24, 2000, morning session

include: VHA update and a VAVS

update of the Voluntary Service

program’s progress since the 2000 NAC

Annual Meeting, Parke Board update,

and review of the 2000 Annual Meeting

Evaluations. The October 24, 2000,

afternoon business session topics

include: 55th Annual Meeting plans,

and a tour of the Tucson, VAMC. The

October 25, 2000, morning business

session topics include: 2003 NAC

Annual Meeting planning, membership

report review recommendations

approved at the 1999 NAC Annual

Meeting, subcommittee reports,

Standard Operating Procedure

Revisions, New Business and EC

Committee Appointments.

The meeting is open to the public.

Individuals interested in attending are

encouraged to contact: Ms. Laura Balun,

Administrative Officer, Voluntary

Service Office (10C2), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC, 20420, (202) 273–

8392.

Dated: September 27, 2000.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Marvin R. Eason,

Committee Management Officer.

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