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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.

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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.

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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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