6256 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 26 / Tuesday, February 8, 2000 / Notices

Panel will be held in Brooklyn, New

York.

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday,

February 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Eileen Cain at 1–888–912–1227 or 718–

488–3555.

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 operational meeting of the

Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held

Friday, February 25, 2000, 6:00 p.m. to

9:00 p.m. at the Internal Revenue

Service Brooklyn Building located at

625 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

For more information or to confirm

attendance, notification of intent to

attend the meeting must be made with

Eileen Cain. Mrs. Cain can be reached

at 1–888–912–1227 or 718–488–3555.

The public is invited to make oral

comments from 8:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

on Friday Feb. 25, 2000. Individual

comments will be limited to 5 minutes.

If you would like to have the CAP

consider a written statement, please call

1–888–912–1227 or 718–488–3555, or

write Eileen Cain, CAP Office, P.O. Box

R, Brooklyn, NY, 11201. The Agenda

will include the following: various IRS

issues. Note: Last minute changes to the

agenda are possible and could prevent

effective advance notice.

Dated: January 29, 2000.

John J. Mannion,

Program Manager, Taxpayer Advocate

Service.

[FR Doc. 00–2732 Filed 2–7–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Open Meeting of Citizen Advocacy

Panel, South Florida District

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A public meeting of the South

Florida District Citizen Advocacy Panel

will be held in Fort Myers, Florida.

DATES: The meeting will be held

Saturday, February 26, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Ferree at 1–888–912–1227 or

954–423–7974.

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 a Public meeting of the Citizen

Advocacy Panel will be held Saturday,

February 26, 2000, 9:00 a.m. to Noon at

the Edison Community College,

Learning Resource Building, J–103

Corbin Auditorium, 8099 College

Parkway SW, Fort Myers, FL 33919.

For more information contact Nancy

Ferree at 1–888–912–1227 or 954–423–

7974. The public is invited to make oral

comments. Individual comments will be

limited to 10 minutes. If you would like

to have the CAP consider a written

statement, please call 1–888–912–1227

or 954–423–7974, or write Nancy

Ferree, CAP Office, 7771 W. Oakland

Park Blvd #225, Sunrise, FL 33351. The

Agenda will include the following:

various IRS issues.

Note: Last minute changes to the agenda

are possible and could prevent effective

advance notice.

Dated: January 29, 2000.

John J. Mannion,

Program Manager, Taxpayer Advocate

Service.

[FR Doc. 00–2733 Filed 2–7–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Open Meeting of the Citizen Advocacy

Panel, Brooklyn District

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the

Brooklyn District Citizen Advocacy

Panel will be held in Uniondale, New

York.

DATES: The meeting will be held

Thursday, March 2, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Eileen Cain at 1–888–912–1227 or 718–

488–3555.

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 operational meeting of the

Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held

Thursday, March 2, 2000, 7:30 p.m. to

9:30 p.m. at the Long Island Marriott

Hotel at 101 James Doolittle Boulevard

9, Uniondale, NY 11553. For more

information or to confirm attendance,

notification of intent to attend the

meeting must be made with Eileen Cain.

Mrs. Cain can be reached at 1–888–912–

1227 or 718–488–3555. The public is

invited to make oral comments from

7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday,

March 2, 2000. Individual comments

will be limited to 5 minutes. If you

would like to have the CAP consider a

written statement, please call 1–888–

912–1227 or 718–488–3555, or write

Eileen Cain, CAP Office, P.O. Box R,

Brooklyn, NY 11202. The Agenda will

include the following: introductions of

the panel and open discussions with the

public.

Note: Last minute changes to the agenda

are possible and could prevent effective

advance notice.

Dated: January 29, 2000.

John J. Mannion,

Program Manager, Taxpayer Advocate

Service.

[FR Doc. 00–2734 Filed 2–7–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Summary of Precedent Opinions of the

General Counsel

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans

Affairs (VA) is publishing a summary of

legal interpretations issued by the

Department’s General Counsel involving

veterans’ benefits under laws

administered by VA. These

interpretations are considered

precedential by VA and will be followed

by VA officials and employees in future

claim matters. The summary is

published to provide the public, and, in

particular, veterans’ benefit claimants

and their representatives, with notice of

VA’s interpretation regarding the legal

matter at issue.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

L. Lehman, Chief, Law Library,

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20420, (202) 273–6558.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA

regulations at 38 CFR 2.6(e)(9) and

14.507 authorize the Department’s

General Counsel to issue written legal

opinions having precedential effect in

adjudications and appeals involving

veterans’ benefits under laws

administered by VA. The General

Counsel’s interpretations on legal

matters, contained in such opinions, are

conclusive as to all VA officials and

employees not only in the matter at

issue but also in future adjudications

and appeals, in the absence of a change

in controlling statute or regulation or a

superseding written legal opinion of the

General Counsel.

VA publishes summaries of such

opinions in order to provide the public

with notice of those interpretations of

the General Counsel that must be

followed in future benefit matters and to