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Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 

a. HCAHPS plus Inpatient Core-Long 

Form, VA Form 10–1465–1—2,500 

hours. 

b. HCAHPS plus Inpatient Core-Short 

Form, VA Form 10–1465–2—16,875 

hours. 

c. Outpatient Long Form, VA Form 

10–1465–3—9,802 hours. 

d. Outpatient Short Form, VA Form 

10–1465–4—67,573 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 

a. HCAHPS plus Inpatient Core-Long 

Form, VA Form 10–1465–1—20 

minutes. 

b. HCAHPS plus Inpatient Core-Short 

Form, VA Form 10–1465–2—15 

minutes. 

c. Outpatient Long Form, VA Form 

10–1465–3—25 minutes. 

d. Outpatient Short Form, VA Form 

10–1465–4—20 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

a. HCAHPS plus Inpatient Core-Long 

Form, VA Form 10–1465–1—7,500. 

b. HCAHPS plus Inpatient Core-Short 

Form, VA Form 10–1465–2—67,500. 

c. Outpatient Long Form, VA Form 

10–1465–3—23,524. 

d. Outpatient Short Form, VA Form 

10–1465–4—202,720. 

Dated: October 16, 2007. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Denise McLamb, 

Program Analyst, Records Management 

Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research 

and Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board; Notice 

of Meetings 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

gives notice under Public Law 92–463 

(Federal Advisory Committee Act) that 

the subcommittees of the Joint 

Biomedical Laboratory Research and 

Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board will meet 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. as indicated 

below: 

Subcommittee for Date(s) Location 

Infectious Disease-B ...................................................................... November 7, 2007 ............................................... Hyatt Arlington. 

Mental Hlth & Behav Sci-B ............................................................ November 8, 2007 ............................................... Hyatt Arlington. 

Hematology .................................................................................... November 9, 2007 ............................................... Hyatt Arlington. 

Immunology-A ................................................................................ November 14, 2007 ............................................. Hyatt Arlington. 

Nephrology ..................................................................................... November 16, 2007 ............................................. Hyatt Arlington. 

Mental Hlth & Behav Sci-A ............................................................ November 19, 2007 ............................................. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Epidemiology .................................................................................. November 20, 2007 ............................................. *VA Central Office. 

Respiration ..................................................................................... November 29, 2007 ............................................. St. Gregory Hotel. 

Cellular & Molecular Medicine ....................................................... November 29, 2007 ............................................. *VA Central Office. 

Cardiovascular Studies .................................................................. November 30, 2007 ............................................. St. Gregory Hotel. 

Immunology-B ................................................................................ November 30, 2007 ............................................. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Neurobiology-E ............................................................................... December 3, 2007 ............................................... Hyatt Arlington. 

Surgery ........................................................................................... December 3, 2007 ............................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Infectious Diseases-A ..................................................................... December 4, 2007 ............................................... *VA Central Office. 

Clinical Research Program ............................................................ December 5, 2007 ............................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Gastroenterology ............................................................................ December 6, 2007 ............................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Oncology ........................................................................................ December 6–7, 2007 ........................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Neurobiology-A ............................................................................... December 7, 2007 ............................................... *VA Central Office. 

Neurobiology-D ............................................................................... December 10, 2007 ............................................. *VA Central Office. 

Endocrinology ................................................................................. December 10–11, 2007 ....................................... St. Gregory Hotel. 

Neurobiology-C ............................................................................... December 14, 2007 ............................................. St. Gregory Hotel. 

*Teleconference. 

The addresses of the hotels and VA Central Office are: Hyatt Arlington, 1325 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA; L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC; St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M Street, NW., Washington, DC; VA Central Office, 1722 Eye Street, NW., 

Washington, DC. 

The purpose of the Merit Review 

Board is to provide advice on the 

scientific quality, budget, safety and 

mission relevance of investigatorinitiated research proposals submitted 

for VA merit review consideration. 

Proposals submitted for review by the 

Board involve a wide range of medical 

specialties within the general areas of 

biomedical, behavioral and clinical 

science research. 

The subcommittee meetings will be 

open to the public for approximately 

one hour at the start of each meeting to 

discuss the general status of the 

program. The remaining portion of each 

subcommittee meeting will be closed to 

the public for the review, discussion, 

and evaluation of initial and renewal 

projects. 

The closed portion of each meeting 

involves discussion, examination, 

reference to staff and consultant 

critiques of research protocols. During 

this portion of each subcommittee 

meeting, discussion and 

recommendations will deal with 

qualifications of personnel conducting 

the studies, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy, as well as 

research information, the premature 

disclosure of which could significantly 

frustrate implementation of proposed 

agency action regarding such research 

projects. 

As provided by subsection 10(d) of 

Public Law 92–463, as amended, closing 

portions of these subcommittee 

meetings is in accordance with 5 U.S.C., 

552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Those who plan to 

attend or would like to obtain a copy of 

minutes of the subcommittee meetings 

and rosters of the members of the 

subcommittees should contact LeRoy G. 

Frey, Ph.D., Chief, Program Review 

(121F), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420 at (202) 254–

0288. 

Dated: October 18, 2007. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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