22076 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 2, 2001 / Notices

The purpose of the meeting is to

review the quality of the services which

the Department of Veterans Affairs

provides to disabled veterans who

participate in VA-sponsored programs

of rehabilitation.

On the morning of May 22, the

Committee will hold a joint meeting

with the VA Advisory Committee on

Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities

Programs to discuss mutual issues and

concerns. Both Committees will also

receive a briefing on the current status

of the rehabilitation bed issues by the

Chief Consultant of the Rehabilitation

Strategic Healthcare Group. At the

conclusion of the joint meeting, the

Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation

will move to room #530 for the

remainder of the day. In the afternoon,

the Committee will receive briefings

regarding veteran demographics and the

linkage between the Department of

Veterans Affairs and the Department of

Labor.

On the morning of May 23, the

Committee will receive a briefing on the

current status of the Vocational

Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E)

program. In the afternoon, the

Committee will receive a briefing

concerning the recommendations from

VR&E’s Blue Ribbon Panel of

rehabilitation experts. On the morning

of May 24, the Committee will discuss

future meeting dates, agenda items and

recommendations.

The meeting is open to the public. For

those wishing to attend, contact Jada G.

Jones, Veterans Benefits Administration

(28), phone (202) 273–7425, Department

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420,

prior to May 17, 2001.

Dated: April 27, 2001.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Ventris C. Gibson,

Committee Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Research and Development

Cooperative Studies Evaluation

Committee

Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

gives notice under Public Law 92–463

(Federal Advisory Committee Act) as

amended, by section 5(c) of Public Law

94–409, that a meeting of the Research

and Development Cooperative Studies

Evaluation Committee will be held at

The River Inn, 924 Twenty-Fifth Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20037, on May 9–

10, 2001. The session is scheduled to

begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. A

total of six studies and three sub-studies

will be reviewed. One study, including

its two sub-studies, ‘‘Testosterone

Treatment to Prevent Fractures in Aging

Hypogonadal Men’’ is a resubmission.

Three studies are undergoing mid-term

reviews: ‘‘18-F-Fluorodeoxyglucose

(FDG) Positron Emission Tomography

(PET) Imaging in the Management of

Patients with Solitary Pulmonary

Nodules,’’ ‘‘Genetic Tissues Banking in

VA Clinical Research: A Cooperative

Studies Program Demonstration

Project,’’ and ‘‘The Coronary Artery

Revascularization Prophylasix Trial

(CARP).’’ The two new studies and one

new sub-study submitted for review are:

‘‘Veterans Affairs Open Versus

Endovascular Repair (OVER) Trial for

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm,’’ ‘‘Total

Myocardial Revascularization On and

Off Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A

Prospective Randomized Study,’’ and a

sub-study ‘‘Homocysteinemia in Kidney

and End Stage Renal Disease—DNA

Bank.’’

The Committee advises the Chief

Research and Development Officer

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. Denise Shorter,

Coordinator, Department of Veterans

Affairs, Washington, DC at (202) 273–

8265.

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 section 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: April 27, 2001.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Robert W. Schultz,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Human

Resources and Administration.

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