[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21107-21108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9088]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities
Programs; 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
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
will be held on May 3-4, 2011, in room 230, at VA Central Office, 810
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The sessions will convene at 8:30
a.m. on both days, and will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on May 3 and at 12
noon on May 4. The meeting is open to the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on VA's prosthetics programs designed to provide state-of-the
art prosthetics and the associated rehabilitation research,
development, and evaluation of such technology. The Committee also
provides advice to the Secretary on special disabilities programs which
are defined as any program administered by the Secretary to serve
Veterans with spinal cord injuries, blindness or visual impairments,
loss of extremities or loss of function, deafness or hearing
impairment, and other serious incapacities in terms of daily life
functions.
On May 3, the Committee will be briefed by the Acting Assistant
Deputy Under Secretary for Clinical Operations and Management; Chief
Consultant for Social Work Service; Director of Blind Rehabilitation
Service; and Chief Consultant for Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders
Strategic Healthcare Group. On May 4, the Committee will be briefed by
the Chief Consultant for Care Coordination, and Chief Consultant for
Rehabilitation Services.
No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the
public. However, members of the public may submit written statements
for review by the Committee to Mr. Larry N. Long, Designated Federal
Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Patient Care Services,
Rehabilitation Services (117D), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, or by e-mail at
[email protected].
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Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting or wishing
further information should contact Mr. Long at (202) 461-7354.
Dated: April 11, 2011.
By direction of the Secretary.
William F. Russo,
Director of Regulations Management, Office of the General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-9088 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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