[Federal Register: July 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 129)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
2005 White House Conference on Aging Policy Committee
AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given that the
Policy Committee for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA)
voted to change the date of the WHCoA event from October 23 to 26, 2005
to December 11 to 14, 2005. The 2005 WHCoA will be held at the Marriott
Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC 20008.
DATES: The meeting will be held Sunday, December 11, 2005 to Wednesday,
December 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel,
2660 Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC 20008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Remy Aronoff at (301) 443-2828, or e-
mail at Remy.Aronoff@whcoa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Older Americans Act
Amendments of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-501, November 2000), the WHCoA Policy
Committee voted to change the date of the 2005 WHCoA event from October
23 to 26, 2005 to December 11 to 14, 2005. In order to accommodate the
1,200 delegates and the large number of potential exhibitors who will
participate in the WHCoA, the event will be held at the Marriott
Wardman Park Hotel, address above.
The WHCoA is a decennial event intended to produce resolutions and
implementation strategies to be presented to the President and Congress
to help guide national aging policies for the next decade and beyond.
The majority of the 1,200 delegates, selected by Governors of all 50
States, the U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia, members of the 109th Congress, and the National Congress of
American Indians were announced on June 1, 2005. The balance of the
delegates, known as ``At-Large Delegates'' will be selected by the
WHCoA Policy Committee and should be announced by late July 2005. These
delegates will represent national aging and other allied organizations,
baby boomers, academic institutions, business and industry, disability,
non-profit and veterans' organizations and other representatives from
the field of aging.
Dated: July 1, 2005.
Edwin L. Walker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs.
[FR Doc. 05-13341 Filed 7-6-05; 8:45 am]
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