990 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2009 / Notices 

Central Time. For more information, 

please contact Ellen Smiley. Ms. Smiley 

can be reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 

414–231–2369. If you would like to 

have the TAP consider a written 

statement, write to Ellen Smiley at 211 

West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, 

WI 53203–2221, or you can contact us 

at http://www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various IRS issues. 

Dated: December 22, 2008. 

Roy L. Block, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E9–166 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Wage & 

Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden 

(Notices) Issue Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Wage 

& Investment Reducing Taxpayer 

Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be 

conducted (via teleconference). The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas and suggestions 

on improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, February 19, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sallie Chavez at 1–888–912–1227, or 

954–423–7979. 

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 an open 

meeting of the Wage & Investment 

Reducing Taxpayer Burden (Notices) 

Issue Committee of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel will be held Thursday, 

February 19, 2009, at 2 p.m. Eastern 

Time. For more information, please 

contact Ms. Sallie Chavez. Please call 

Ms. Chavez at 1–888–912–1227 or 954– 

423–7979, or write Sallie Chavez, TAP 

Office, 1000 South Pine Island Road, 

Suite 340, Plantation, FL 33324, or post 

comments to the Web site: http:// 

www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include: Various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: December 22, 2008. 

Roy L. Block, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E9–147 Filed 1–8–09; 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: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552(e) (4)) 

all agencies are required to 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 ‘‘Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) Records—VA’’ 119VA005R1B. 

DATES: Comments on the establishment 

of this system of records must be 

received no later than February 9, 2009. 

If no public comment is received, the 

new system will become effective 

February 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http:// 

www.Regulations.gov by mail or handdelivery to the Director, Office of 

Regulation Policy and Management 

(02REG), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; or 

by fax to (202) 273–9026. Copies of 

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 for an appointment. In 

addition, during the comment period, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

FOIA–PA Officer (005R1B), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 

(202) 461–7457. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Veterans Affairs is 

establishing a new system of records 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) and the Privacy Act (PA) of 1974 

(5 U.S.C 552a). The proposed system of 

records will consist of initial FOIA 

requests from individuals, replies to 

those requests, and of FOIA appeals and 

replies to those appeals. The purpose of 

the system of records is to assist the 

Department in carrying out its 

responsibilities under FOIA–PA. 

The Privacy Act permits VA to 

disclose information about individuals 

without their consent for a routine use 

when the information will be used for 

a purpose that is compatible with the 

purpose for which the information was 

collected. In all of the routine use 

disclosures described below, the 

recipient of the information will use the 

information in connection with a matter 

relating to one of VA’s programs or to 

provide a benefit to VA, or the 

disclosure is required by law. 

The notice of intent to publish, and an 

advance copy of the system notice have 

been sent to the appropriate 

Congressional committees and to the 

Director of Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) as required by 5 U.S.C. 

552a(r) (Privacy Act) and guidelines 

issued by OMB (65 FR 77677), 

December 12, 2000. 

Approved: December 19, 2008. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

119VA005R1B 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

Records—VA. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at the VA 

Central Office FOIA Offices, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420; AINS, Inc., 1355 Piccard Drive, 

Rockville, MD 20850, and all VA field 

facilities. A list of the field facilities 

may be found at the following Internet 

address: http://www2.va.gov/directory/ 

guide/home.asp. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

This system contains records and 

related correspondence on individuals 

who have filed with VA: 

a. Requests for information under the 

provisions of the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), 

including requests for review of initial 

denials of such requests. 

b. Requests under the provisions of 

the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) for 

records about themselves where the 

FOIA is also relied upon to process the 

request and which then meet the 

Department of Justice’s (DOJ) standard 

for required reporting in the Annual 

FOIA Report to the Attorney General of 

the United States. 

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