[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 39734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16857]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Health Services Research and Development Service Merit Review 
Board; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Health Services Research and Development Service Merit Review Board 
will be held August 31-September 2, 2010, at the Chicago Marriott 
Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 
60611. Various subcommittees of the Board will meet. Each subcommittee 
meeting of the Board will be open to the public the first day for 
approximately one half-hour from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. to cover 
administrative matters and to discuss the general status of the 
program. The remaining portion of the meetings will be closed. The 
closed portion of each meeting will involve discussion, examination, 
reference to, and oral review of the research proposals and critiques.
    The purpose of the Board is to review research and development 
applications involving the measurement and evaluation of health care 
services, the testing of new methods of health care delivery and 
management, and nursing research. Applications are reviewed for 
scientific and technical merit. Recommendations regarding funding are 
submitted to the Chief Research and Development Officer.
    On August 31, the subcommittee on Nursing Research Initiative will 
convene from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Career Development Award will convene 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On September 1, the Career Development Award will 
continue from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and six subcommittees on Health Services 
Research (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) will convene from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On 
September 2, the subcommittee on Health Services Research 7 for Pilot 
Proposal Review will convene from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    During the closed portion of each meeting, discussion and 
recommendations will include qualifications of the personnel conducting 
the studies (the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy), as well as research 
information (the premature disclosure of which would likely compromise 
significantly the implementation of proposed agency action regarding 
such research projects). As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 
92-463, as amended by Public Law 94-409, closing portions of each 
meeting is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
    Those who plan to attend the open session should contact Mrs. 
Kristy Benton-Grover, Scientific Merit Review Program Manager (124R), 
Health Services Research and Development Service, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, or e-
mail at [email protected] at least 5 days before the meeting. 
For further information, please call (202) 461-1521.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: July 6, 2010.
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-16857 Filed 7-9-10; 8:45 am]
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