[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 168 (Thursday, August 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50869-50870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19841]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Executive 
Committee to the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service 
(VAVS) National Advisory Committee (NAC) will meet October 6-7, 2008, 
at the Marriott West Chase, Houston, Texas. The sessions will begin at 
8 a.m. each day and end at 4:30 p.m. on October 6 and at noon on 
October 7. The meeting is open to the public.
    The NAC consists of 63 national organizations and advises the 
Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Health, on the coordination 
and promotion of volunteer activities within VA health care facilities. 
The Executive Committee consists of 18 representatives from the NAC 
member organizations.
    On October 6, agenda topics will include: NAC goals and objectives, 
minutes of April 2008 NAC meeting, Veterans Health Administration 
update, VAVS update on the Voluntary Service program's activities since 
the 2008 NAC annual meeting, Parke Board update, evaluations of the 
2008 NAC annual meeting and plans for the 2009 NAC annual meeting (to 
include workshops and plenary sessions). On October 7, agenda topics 
will include: Recommendations from the 2008 NAC annual meeting, 
subcommittee reports, standard operating procedure revisions, 2010 NAC 
annual meeting planning, and new business.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving 
presentations from the public. However, interested persons may either 
attend or file statements with the Committee. Written statements may be 
filed either before the meeting or within 10 days after the meeting and 
addressed to: Ms. Laura Balun,

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Designated Federal Officer, Voluntary Service Office (10C2), Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Ms. 
Balun can be contacted by phone at (202) 461-7300.

    Dated: August 21, 2008.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-19841 Filed 8-27-08; 8:45 am]
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