Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 221 / Thursday, November 17, 2005 / Notices 69801 

Dated: November 4, 2005. 

Nancy Marks, 

Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel 

(Tax Exempt and Government Entities). 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel (Including the States 

of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be 

conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel is soliciting public comment, 

ideas, and suggestions on improving 

customer service at the Internal Revenue 

Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Monday, December 12, 2005, at 2 p.m. 

Central Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Ann Delzer at 1–888–912–1227, or 

(414) 297–1604. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that a meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel will be held Monday, 

December 12, 2005, at 2 p.m. Central 

Time via a telephone conference call. 

You can submit written comments to 

the panel by faxing to (414) 297–1623, 

or by mail to Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, 

Stop1006MIL, 310 West Wisconsin 

Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53203–2221, or 

you can contact us at http:// 

www.improveirs.org. This meeting is not 

required to be open to the public, but 

because we are always interested in 

community input, we will accept public 

comments. Please contact Mary Ann 

Delzer at 1–888–912–1227 or (414) 297–

1604 for additional information. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various IRS issues. 

Dated: November 10, 2005. 

Martha Curry, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Minority 

Veterans; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Public Law 

92–463 (Federal Advisory Committee 

Act) that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Minority Veterans will be 

held on December 6–8, 2005 in the 

Monticello Room at the Crowne Plaza 

Hotel, 1480 Crystal Drive, Arlington, 

Virginia. The sessions will begin at 9 

a.m. each day. The sessions will end at 

2 p.m. on December 6, 5 p.m. on 

December 7 and 1 p.m. on December 8. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary on the 

administration of VA benefits and 

services to minority veterans, to assess 

the needs of minority veterans and to 

evaluate whether VA compensation, 

medical and rehabilitation services, 

outreach, and other programs are 

meeting those needs. The Committee 

will make recommendations to the 

Secretary regarding such activities. 

On December 6, the Committee will 

hold discussions with key staff members 

of the Veterans Health Administration 

and the VA Office of Human Resources 

and Administration regarding 

healthcare challenges and successes, as 

well as hiring practices for minority 

veterans. Additionally, the Committee 

will meet with staff of the National 

Guard Bureau regarding transition 

concerns for returning combat wounded 

Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation 

Iraqi Freedom Service members. 

On December 7, the Committee will 

meet with staff members of the Veterans 

Benefits Administration regarding 

benefit services and delivery of benefits 

to minority veterans. The Committee 

will also discuss burial benefits delivery 

for minority veterans with staff 

members of the National Cemetery 

Administration. 

On December 8, the Committee will 

engage in discussions with the 

Executive Director of the Veterans 

Disability Benefits Commission and the 

Director of the VA Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization. 

The Committee will accept written 

comments from interested parties on 

issues outlined in the meeting agenda, 

as well as other issues affecting minority 

veterans. Such comments should be 

referred to the Committee at the 

following address: Advisory Committee 

on Minority Veterans, Center for 

Minority Veterans (00M), U.S. 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. 

For additional information about the 

meeting, please contact Ms. Elizabeth 

Olmo at (202) 273–6708. 

Dated: November 8, 2005. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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