[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2390]



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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 March 2-3, 2011, at the Hilton San Francisco Financial 
District, 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, California. Various 
subcommittees of the Board will meet. Each subcommittee meeting of the 
Merit Review 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 March 2, the subcommittee on Nursing Research Initiatives will 
convene from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the subcommittee for pilot proposal 
review (HSR 7-Pilot Proposals) will convene from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and 
Career Development will convene from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. On March 3, 
Career Development will reconvene from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and six 
subcommittees on Health Services Research (HSR 1-Medical Care and 
Clinical Management; HSR 2-Determinants of Patient Response to Care; 
HSR 3-Informatics and Research Methods Development; HSR 4-Mental and 
Behavioral Health; HSR 5-Health Care System Organization and Delivery; 
and HSR 6-Post-acute and Long-term Care) will convene from 8 a.m. to 5 
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 Kristy 
Benton-Grover, Scientific Merit Review Program Manager, at Department 
of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development (124R), 
810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, or e-mail at 
[email protected], at least five days before the meeting. For 
further information, please call Mrs. Benton-Grover at (202) 443-5728.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: January 31, 2011.
William F. Russo,
Director of Regulations Management, Office of the General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-2390 Filed 2-2-11; 8:45 am]
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