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from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (EST). All 

sessions will be open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary, through the 

Assistant Secretary for Management and 

Chief Financial Officers, on matters 

relating to improving and enhancing 

VA’s efforts to identify, prevent, and 

mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse across 

VA in order to improve the integrity of 

VA’s payments and the efficiency of its 

programs and activities. 

The agenda will include briefings 

from the Deputy Secretary of VA, the 

Advisory Committee Management 

Office, the Office of General Counsel, 

presentations on VA’s programs, and an 

overview of committee objectives, 

committee business, and activities. 

Time will be allocated for receiving 

comment from the public in the 

afternoon. A sign-up sheet for 5-minute 

comments will be available at the 

meeting. For interested parties who 

cannot attend in person, the dial-in 

number is (800) 767–1750, access code 

030905#. Note: The telephone line will 

be muted until the Committee Chairman 

opens the floor for public comment. 

Individuals who wish to address the 

Committee may submit a 1–2 page 

summary of their comments for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

Members of the public may also submit 

written statements for the Committee’s 

review to Tamika Barrier via email at 

tamika.barrier@va.gov. 

Because the meeting is being held in 

a government building, a photo I.D. 

must be presented as part of the 

clearance process. Therefore, any person 

attending should allow an additional 30 

minutes before the meeting begins. Any 

member of the public seeking additional 

information should contact Tamika 

Barrier, Designated Federal Officer, at 

(757) 254–8630. 

Dated: October 3, 2017. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Research and Health 

Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act that the 

Veterans’ Rural Health Advisory 

Committee will meet on November 1–2, 

2017. The meeting will be held at 333 

John Carlyle St., 4th Floor Conference 

Room, in Alexandria, VA 22314 on 

November 1–2; both meeting sessions 

will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EST) each day 

and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The 

meetings are open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on rural health care issues affecting 

Veterans. The Committee examines 

Programs and policies that impact the 

delivery of VA rural health care to 

Veterans and discusses ways to improve 

and enhance VA access to rural health 

care services for Veterans. 

The agenda will include updates from 

Department leadership, the Assistant 

Deputy Under Secretary for Health for 

Policy and Services, Director Office of 

Rural Health and Committee Chairman, 

as well as presentations on general 

health care access. 

Public comments will be received at 

4:30 p.m. on November 1, 2017. 

Interested parties should contact Ms. 

Judy Bowie, via email at VRHAC@

va.gov, via fax at (202) 632–8615, or by 

mail at 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 

(10P1R), Washington, DC 20420. 

Individuals wishing to speak are invited 

to submit a 1–2 page summary of their 

comment for inclusion in the official 

meeting record. Any member of the 

public seeking additional information 

should contact Ms. Bowie at the phone 

number or email address noted above. 

Dated: October 4, 2017. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Cemeteries 

and Memorials, Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act that a meeting 

of the Advisory Committee on 

Cemeteries and Memorials will be held 

on October 31–November 1, 2017. The 

meeting sessions will take place at the 

Jefferson Barracks Medical Center, 1 

Jefferson Barracks Drive, Building 56, 

St. Louis, MO 63125. Sessions are open 

to the public, except when the 

Committee is conducting tours of VA 

facilities, participating in off-site events, 

and participating in workgroup 

sessions. Tours of VA facilities are 

closed, to protect from disclosure 

Veterans’ information the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the administration of national 

cemeteries, soldiers’ lots and plots, the 

selection of new national cemetery sites, 

the erection of appropriate memorials, 

and the adequacy of Federal burial 

benefits. The Committee will make 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding such activities. 

On the morning of Tuesday, October 

31st, the Committee will convene with 

an open session at the Jefferson Barracks 

Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks 

Drive, Building 56, St. Louis, MO 63125, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The agenda 

will include briefings on NCA 

Modernization efforts and Committee 

recommendations. In the afternoon, 

from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the 

Committee will reconvene a closed 

session, as it tours the NCA National 

Training Center co-located at the 

meeting site and Jefferson Barracks 

National Cemetery at 2900 Sheridan 

Road, St. Louis, MO 63125. 

On November 1st, the meeting will 

convene an open session at the Jefferson 

Barracks Medical Center, 1 Jefferson 

Barracks Drive, Building 56, St. Louis, 

MO 63125, from 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

The agenda will include a continuation 

of briefings on Committee 

Recommendations and a briefing on the 

Veterans Legacy Program. 

Time will be allocated for receiving 

oral presentations from the public each 

day. Any member of the public wishing 

to attend the meeting should contact 

Ms. Christine Hamilton, Designated 

Federal Officer, at (202) 461–5680. The 

Committee will also accept written 

comments. Comments may be 

transmitted electronically to the 

Committee at Christine.hamilton1@

va.gov or mailed to the National 

Cemetery Administration (40A1), 810 

Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20420. In the public’s communications 

with the Committee, the writers must 

identify themselves and state the 

organizations, associations, or persons 

they represent. 

Dated: October 3, 2017. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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