Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 2, 2001 / Notices 22075

The Designated Federal Officer for the

Task Force is John R. O’Hara. His phone

number is (202) 273–5130.

Dated: April 27, 2001.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Robert W. Schultz,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Human

Resources and Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–11029 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on Former

Prisoners of War, Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 that a meeting of the Advisory

Committee on Former Prisoners of War

will be held on April 30 through May

2, 2001, at the Washington, DC,

Headquarters of The American Legion,

Room 700, 1608 K Street NW,

Washington DC. Each day the meeting

will convene at 9 a.m. and end at 4:30

p.m. The meeting is open to the public.

The purpose of the committee is to

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs

on the administration of benefits under

Title 38, United States Code, for

veterans who are former prisoners of

war, and to make recommendations on

the needs of such veterans for

compensation, health care and

rehabilitation.

The agenda for April 30th will begin

with an introduction of committee

members and dignitaries, a review of

Committee reports, an update of

activities since the last meeting, and a

period for POW veterans and/or the

public to address the committee. The

Committee will also reveiw the

Secretary’s response to the April and

October, 2000, report of meeting, and

receive presentations on Veterans

Benefits Administration and Veterans

Health Administration activities, as well

as on the One VA POW Learning

Seminars. The agenda on May 1 will

include an update on VA long term

health care, a report from the Center on

POW Studies, an update by the National

Institute of Health on the follow-up

report on morbidity and mortality

among POWs and a report on the

development of the Data Merge project

as a follow-up to the findings of the

Expert Panel on Stroke. The committee

will also take up consideration of

priority for POWs in long-term Health

Care programs and other issues. On May

2, the Committee’s Medical and

Administrative working committees will

break out to discuss their activities and

report back to the Committee.

Additionally, the Committee will

review and analyze the comments

discussed throughout the meeting for

the purpose of assisting and compiling

a final report to be sent to the Secretary.

Members of the public may direct

questions or submit prepared statements

for review by the Committee in advance

of the meeting, in writing only, to Mr.

John F. McCourt, Acting Director,

Compensation and Pension Service (21),

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810

Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

20420. Submitted materials must be

received by April 20, 2001. A report of

the meeting and roster of Committee

members may be obtained from Mr.

McCourt.

Dated: April 10, 2001.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Ventris C. Gibson,

Committee Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on

Rehabilitation (VACOR)

Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 that a meeting of the Veterans’

Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation

(VACOR), authorized by Public Law 96–

466, Subsection 1521, will be held on

May 22 through 24, 2001.

The meeting schedule is as follows:

Date Address Room

number Time

May 22 ......... Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20420.

230 and 530 ....... 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

May 23 ......... Veterans Benefits Administration, 1800 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006 542 ...................... 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

May 24 ......... Veterans Benefits Administration, 1800 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20006 542 ...................... 9 a.m.–11:30 p.m.