[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 246 (Monday, December 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 78427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30422]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee 
on Gulf War Veterans will hold a meeting on January 14-15, 2009. The 
Committee will meet on January 14 in Building 100, Room BB108 at the VA 
Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, 
Washington.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on issues that are 
unique to veterans who served in the Southwest Asian theater of 
operations during 1990-1991 period of the Gulf War.
    On January 14, the Committee will meet in open session from 9 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. and will hear from healthcare officials from the Post-
Deployment Integrated Care Initiative and the Multiple Sclerosis 
Centers of Excellence as well as neurologists specializing in 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. A representative from the Washington 
State Military Department Joint Headquarters and the President of the 
Veterans of Modern Warfare will also speak with the Committee. 
Additionally, the Committee will meet with a panel of Gulf War veterans 
who reside in the Seattle area. Gulf War veterans living in Seattle and 
the surrounding area who served in the Southwest Asia theater of 
operations during 1990-1991 wishing to participate in the panel should 
contact Lelia Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or via e-mail at 
[email protected]. The meeting will be closed to the public from 4 
p.m. until 5 p.m. in order to protect patient privacy as the Committee 
tours the VA Puget Sound Health Care System facility. Closing the 
meeting is in compliance with requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    On January 15, the Committee will visit the Seattle VA Regional 
Office, Seattle Vet Center and one of the homeless shelters in the 
grant and per diem program. This session will be closed to the public 
to protect patient privacy. Closing the meeting is in compliance with 
requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). The Committee will reconvene in 
the Carlsbad Room at the Crowne Plaza Seattle, 1113 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington, from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. in an open session 
to review and discuss the Committee's activities.
    Public comments will be received on January 14 from 2:15 p.m. until 
2:45 p.m. Individuals wishing to speak must register not later than 
January 8 by contacting Ms. Jackson and by submitting 1-2 page 
summaries of their comments for inclusion in the official record. 
Public comments will be limited to five minutes each. A sign-in sheet 
will be available. Members of the public may also submit written 
statements for the Committee's review to the Advisory Committee on Gulf 
War Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420.
    Interested parties may also listen in by teleconferencing into the 
meeting. The toll-free teleconference line will be open from 9 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on January 14. To register for the 
teleconference, please contact Ms. Jackson.
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Laura O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5765.

    Dated: December 11, 2008.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-30422 Filed 12-19-08; 8:45 am]
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