65060 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics 

and Special-Disabilities Programs; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Prosthetics and SpecialDisabilities Programs will be held on 

November 9–10, 2010, in room 730, at 

VA Central Office, 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 

sessions will convene at 8:30 a.m. on 

both days, and will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. 

on November 9 and at 12 noon on 

November 10. The meeting is open to 

the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on VA’s prosthetics programs designed 

to provide state-of-the-art prosthetics 

and the associated rehabilitation 

research, development, and evaluation 

of such technology. The Committee also 

provides advice to the Secretary on 

special disabilities programs which are 

defined as any program administered by 

the Secretary to serve Veterans with 

spinal cord injuries, blindness or visual 

impairments, loss of extremities or loss 

of function, deafness or hearing 

impairment, and other serious 

incapacities in terms of daily life 

functions. 

On November 9, the Committee will 

be briefed by the Director of Physical 

Medicine and Rehabilitation; Chief 

Consultant for Women Veterans 

Strategic Healthcare Group; Director of 

Optometry Service; and Chief 

Consultant for Dental Services. On 

November 10, the Committee will be 

briefed by the Chief Consultant for 

Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service. 

No time will be allocated for receiving 

oral presentations from the public. 

However, members of the public may 

direct questions or submit written 

statements for review by the Committee 

in advance of the meeting to Mr. Larry 

N. Long, Designated Federal Officer, 

Veterans Health Administration, Patient 

Care Services, Rehabilitation Services 

(117D), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, or by e-mail at 

lonlar@va.gov. Any member of the 

public wishing to attend the meeting 

should contact Mr. Long at (202) 461– 

7354. 

Dated: October 17, 2010. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26485 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice of Establishment of New 

System of Records. 

SUMMARY: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552(e) (4)) requires that all 

agencies publish in the Federal Register 

a notice of the existence and character 

of their systems of records. Notice is 

hereby given that the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing a 

new system of records entitled ‘‘Suicide 

Prevention Database-VA’’ (158VA11). 

DATES: Comments on this new system of 

records must be received no later than 

November 22, 2010. If no public 

comment is received, the new system 

will become effective November 22, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning the proposed amended 

system of records may be submitted by: 

mail or hand-delivery to Director, 

Regulations Management (02REG), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 1068, 

Washington, DC 20420; fax to (202) 

273–9026; or e-mail to http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. All comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection in the Office of Regulation 

Policy and Management, Room 1063B, 

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday (except 

holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 

(this is not a toll-free number) for an 

appointment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janet Kemp RN, Ph.D., Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 400 Fort Hill Avenue, 

Canandaigua, NY 14424; telephone 

(585) 393–7939. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Description of Proposed Systems of 

Records 

The Suicide Prevention Database will 

serve two purposes. First, the database 

will store records associated with the 

National Suicide Hotline call logs via 

the National Suicide Hotline Web 

Application Program. The National 

Suicide Hotline Web Application 

Program is an electronic call log 

database that stores information from a 

Hotline call. In addition to the ability to 

retrieve and view information obtained 

from the calls the Web Interface 

program performs the following 

functions: 

1. The system accepts Hotline calls 

and stores them according to the 

following: 

a. Anonymous persons with 

incomplete identification information; 

b. All Veterans, including Veterans 

who are not registered in the VA health 

care system (non-VA); 

c. From family and friends of the 

affected Veteran: 

Æ In this case, the system shall 

indicate that the call was not made from 

the affected Veteran. 

2. The system provides a mechanism 

for Hotline staff to identify the VA 

Medical Center closest to the caller’s 

physical location; 

3. The system provides a means for 

recording Hotline referrals in the 

Veteran’s electronic medical record 

when the referral is made to a VA 

Medical Center for follow-up care; 

4. The system provides a means for 

Suicide Prevention Coordinators to 

document their follow-up measures; 

5. The system provides access to call 

log data for reporting purposes. The data 

will be used to provide information 

related to the number of calls, caller’s 

demographic information, the types of 

calls, and follow-up care. 

In addition to the National Suicide 

Hotline call logs via the National 

Suicide Hotline Web Application 

Program, the ‘‘Suicide Prevention 

Database-VA’’ will maintain Suicide 

Attempts and Completions information. 

This information is documented using 

the Statistical Package for the Social 

Sciences (SPSS). Information collected 

in SPSS includes attempt or completion, 

military conflict, VA enrolled, gender, 

age, mental health diagnosis, medical 

diagnosis, previous attempts, month of 

event, method used, outcome, intent, 

seen at a VA within 7 days of attempt, 

seen at VA within 30 days of attempt, 

where seen, had suicide been addressed, 

and last recorded pain score. The data 

will be used to generate national 

reports. In addition, the information 

obtained will be used to develop further 

VA educational programs and research 

opportunities surrounding suicide 

prevention. 

II. Proposed Routine Use Disclosures of 

Data in the System 

We are proposing to establish the 

following Routine Use disclosures of 

information maintained in the system: 

1. The record of an individual who is 

covered by a system of records may be 


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