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6193. Because the meeting will be in a 

Government building, anyone attending 

must be prepared to show a valid photo 

I.D. Please allow 15 minutes before the 

meeting begins for this process. 

Dated: March 25, 2015. 

Jelessa Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07179 Filed 3–27–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, that a meeting of the Geriatrics and 

Gerontology Advisory Committee will 

be held on April 28–29, 2015, in Room 

530 at VA, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. On April 28, the 

session will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end 

at 5:00 p.m. On April 29, the session 

will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 12 

noon. This meeting is open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice to the Secretary of VA 

and the Under Secretary for Health on 

all matters pertaining to geriatrics and 

gerontology. The Committee assesses 

the capability of VA health care 

facilities and programs to meet the 

medical, psychological, and social 

needs of older Veterans and evaluates 

VA programs designated as Geriatric 

Research, Education, and Clinical 

Centers. 

The meeting will feature 

presentations and discussions on VA’s 

geriatrics and extended care programs, 

aging research activities, updates on 

VA’s employee staff working in the area 

of geriatrics (to include training, 

recruitment and retention approaches), 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 

strategic planning activities in geriatrics 

and extended care, recent VHA efforts 

regarding dementia and program 

advances in palliative care, and 

performance and oversight of VA 

Geriatric Research, Education, and 

Clinical Centers. 

No time will be allocated at this 

meeting for receiving oral presentations 

from the public. Interested parties 

should provide written comments for 

review by the Committee to Mrs. Marcia 

Holt-Delaney, Program Analyst, 

Geriatrics and Extended Care Services 

(10P4G), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, or via email at 

Marcia.Holt-Delaney@va.gov. 

Individuals who wish to attend the 

meeting should contact Mrs. HoltDelaney at (202) 461–6769. 

Rebecca Schiller, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Research Advisory Committee on Gulf 

War Veterans’ Illnesses; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C App.2 

that the Research Advisory Committee 

on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses will 

meet on April 20 and 21, 2015, in 

Washington, DC. The meeting will be 

held in room 230, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC, from 9:00 a.m. 

until 5:15 p.m. on Monday, April 20, 

and from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on 

Tuesday, April 21. All sessions will be 

open to the public, and for interested 

parties who cannot attend in person, 

there is a toll-free telephone number 

(800–767–1750; access code 56978#). 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on proposed research 

studies, research plans, and research 

strategies relating to the health 

consequences of military service in the 

Southwest Asia theater of operations 

during the Gulf War in 1990–1991. 

The Committee will review VA 

program activities related to Gulf War 

Veterans’ illnesses, and updates on 

relevant scientific research published 

since the last Committee meeting. 

Presentations on April 20 will include 

updates on the VA Gulf War Research 

Program, followed by research 

presentations on a treatment for pain, 

neuroimaging in Gulf War Veterans, and 

drug trials in animal models. The 

Committee will devote April 21 to a 

discussion of Committee business and 

activities. 

The meeting will include time 

reserved for public comments on both 

days in the afternoon. A sign-up sheet 

for 5-minute comments will be available 

at the meeting. Individuals who wish to 

address the Committee may submit a 1– 

2 page summary of their comments for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

Members of the public may also submit 

written statements for the Committee’s 

review to Dr. Roberta White at rwhite@

bu.edu. 

Because the meeting is being held in 

a government building, a photo I.D. 

must be presented as part of the 

clearance process. Therefore, any person 

attending should allow an additional 15 

minutes before the meeting begins to 

clear security. Any member of the 

public seeking additional information 

should contact Dr. White, Scientific 

Director, at (617) 638–4620 or Dr. Victor 

Kalasinsky, Designated Federal Officer, 

at (202) 443–5682. 

Dated: March 25, 2015. 

Rebecca Schiller, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Voluntary Service National Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, that the annual meeting of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs 

Voluntary Service (VAVS) National 

Advisory Committee (NAC) will be held 

April 22–24, 2015, at the Albuquerque 

Marriott, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard NE., 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. On April 22, 

the meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and 

end at 11:30 a.m. On April 23–24, 2015, 

the meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m. and 

end at 4:30 p.m. on April 23, and end 

at 3:45 p.m. on April 24. The meeting 

is open to the public. 

The Committee, composed of fiftyfour national voluntary organizations, 

advises the Secretary, through the 

Under Secretary for Health, on the 

coordination and promotion of 

volunteer activities within VA facilities. 

The purposes of this meeting are: To 

provide for Committee review of 

volunteer policies and procedures; to 

accommodate full and open 

communications between organization 

representatives and the Voluntary 

Service Office and field staff; to provide 

educational opportunities geared 

towards improving volunteer programs 

with special emphasis on methods to 

recruit, retain, place, motivate, and 

recognize volunteers; and to provide 

Committee recommendations. The April 

22 session will include a National 

Executive Committee Meeting, Health 

and Information Fair, and VAVS 

Representative and Deputy 

Representative training session. The 

April 23 business session will include 

welcoming remarks from local officials, 

and remarks by VA officials on new and 

ongoing VA initiatives. The recipients of 

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