[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 23824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11467]


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DEPARMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice that a meeting 
of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials (Committee), 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2401, will be held Tuesday, June 23 and 
Wednesday, June 24, 1998, at the Handlery Hotel and Resort, 950 Hotel 
Circle North, San Diego, CA, 92108. This will be the committee's first 
meeting of the year 1998.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the administration of 
VA's cemeteries and burial benefits program. On Tuesday, June 23, 1998, 
the meeting will convene at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) and adjourn at 7:00 p.m. 
(PDT). On Wednesday, June 24, 1998, the meeting will convene at 8:00 
p.m. (PDT) and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (PDT).
    On Tuesday, June 23, there will be a business session at the 
Handlery Hotel and Resort in the Club Room. The Committee will then 
depart for Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Cabrillo Memorial Drive, 
in the town of Point Loma, San Diego, CA 92106, for a tour and an 
equipment show.
    On the morning of June 24, the Committee will meet at the Handlery 
Hotel and Resort, in the Director Room, where they will receive 
presentations from Ex-Officio Committee members. In the afternoon, the 
Committee will attend a Best Practices Panel with cemetery directors, 
in the Crystal Room. After the Best Practices Panel, the Committee will 
meet, in the Director Room, for a business session and an update 
briefing on National Cemetery System activities.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend 
should contact Ms. Louise Ware, Special Assistant to the Director, 
National Cemetery System, (phone (202) 273-7577) no later than 12 noon 
(EST), June 15, 1998.
    Any interested person may attend, appear before, or file a 
statement with the Committee. Individuals wishing to appear before the 
Committee should indicate this in a letter to the Acting Director, 
National Cemetery System (40) at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC. 20420. In any such letters, the writers must fully identify 
themselves and state the organization, association or person they 
represent. In addition, to the extent practicable, letters should 
indicate the subject matter they want to discuss. Oral presentations 
should be limited to 10 minutes in duration. Those wishing to file 
written statements to be submitted to the Committee must also mail, or 
otherwise deliver, them to the Acting Director, National Cemetery 
System.
    Letters and written statements as discussed above must be mailed or 
delivered in time to reach the Acting Director, National Cemetery 
System, by 12 noon (EST), June 15, 1998. Oral statements will be heard 
between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (PDT), June 24, 1998, at the Handlery 
Hotel.

    Dated: April 23, 1998.

    By Direction of the Acting Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-11467 Filed 4-29-98; 8:45 am]
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