Document headings vary by document type but may contain
                    the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document
the number of the CFR title and the number of each part
                      the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly
                      related to
the agency docket number / agency internal file number
the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in
                      the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory
                      Actions See the
                    Document Drafting Handbook
                    for more details.
 Department of Veterans Affairs
 The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under the Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the panels 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. on the dates indicated below: Panel
Date(s)
LocationInfectious Diseases-A
November 16, 2010
*VA Central OfficeHematology
November 18, 2010
*VA Central OfficeInfectious Diseases-B
November 19, 2010
Crowne PlazaNeurobiology-A
November 19, 2010
Crowne PlazaNeurobiology-D
November 19, 2010
Crowne PlazaPulmonary Medicine
November 19, 2010
Crowne PlazaEndocrinology-B
November 22, 2010
*VA Central OfficeSurgery
November 22, 2010
The Hotel GeorgeCellular & Molecular Medicine
November 22, 2010
Crowne PlazaMental Hlth & Behav Sci-B
November 22, 2010
Crowne PlazaEndocrinology-A
November 23, 2010
The Hotel GeorgeImmunology-A
December 1, 2010
Crowne PlazaEpidemiology
December 1, 2010
*VA Central OfficeNeurobiology-E
December 1, 2010
Crowne PlazaGastroenterology
December 2, 2010
Crowne PlazaNephrology
December 2, 2010
Crowne PlazaNeurobiology-C
December 2-3, 2010
Crowne PlazaOncology
December 2-3, 2010
Crowne PlazaCardiovascular Studies
December 3, 2010
Crowne PlazaClinical Research Program
December 3, 2010
*VA Central OfficeMental Hlth & Behav Sci-A
December 3, 2010
Crowne PlazaThe addresses of the hotels and VA Central Office are: Crowne Plaza Washington DC/Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. The Hotel George, 15 E Street, NW., Washington, DC.*VA Central Office, 1722 Eye Street, NW., Washington, DC.*Teleconference
 The purpose of the Merit Review Board is to provide advice on the scientific quality, budget, safety and mission relevance of investigator-initiated 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 panel 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 panel meeting will be closed to the public for the review, discussion, and evaluation of initial and renewal research proposals. The closed portion of each meeting involves discussion, examination, reference to staff and consultant critiques of research proposals. During this portion of each 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 proposals. As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as amended, closing portions of these panel 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 panel meetings and rosters of the members of the panels should contact LeRoy G. Frey, Ph.D., Chief, Program Review (121F), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, at (202) 461-1664 or 
                    *Leroy.frey@va.gov.* Dated: September 16, 2010. By Direction of the Secretary. Vivian Drake, Acting Committee Management Officer.


[FR Doc. 2010-23609 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320-01-P