[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 21622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8519]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific 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
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review
Board will be held on April 20, 2012, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to evaluate Rehabilitation Research and
Development Center of Excellence applications.
The purpose of the Board is to review rehabilitation research and
development applications and advise the Director, Rehabilitation
Research and Development Service, and the Chief Research and
Development Officer on the scientific and technical merit, the mission
relevance, and the protection of human and animal subjects.
A general session will be open to the public for approximately one
hour at the start of the meeting to cover administrative matters and to
discuss the general status of the program. The remaining portion of the
meeting will be closed to the public for the discussion, examination,
reference to, and oral review of the research applications and
critiques. During the closed potion of the 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 the meeting is in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
No oral or written comments will be accepted from the public for
either portion of the meeting. Those who plan to attend the general
session should contact Tiffany Asqueri, Designated Federal Officer,
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans
Affairs (10P9R), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, or email
at [email protected]. For further information, please call Mrs.
Asqueri at (202) 443-5757.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Dated: April 4, 2012.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-8519 Filed 4-9-12; 8:45 am]
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