[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60507-60508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24223]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Executive 
Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service 
(VAVS) National Advisory Committee (NAC) will meet October 25-26, 2012, 
at the Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle Park, 201 
Harrison Oaks Boulevard, Cary, North Carolina. The

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sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day and end at 4:30 p.m. on 
October 25, and at noon on October 26, 2012. The meeting is open to the 
public.
    The Committee, comprised of 57 national voluntary organizations, 
advises the Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Health, on the 
coordination and promotion of volunteer activities within VA health 
care facilities. The Executive Committee consists of 20 representatives 
from the NAC member organizations.
    On October 25, agenda topics will include: NAC goals and 
objectives; review of minutes from the March 2012 NAC annual meeting; 
VAVS update on the Voluntary Service program's activities; Parke Board 
update; evaluations of the 2012 NAC annual meeting; review of 
membership criteria and process; and plans for 2013 NAC annual meeting 
(to include workshops and plenary sessions).
    On October 26, agenda topics will include: Subcommittee reports; 
review of standard operating procedures; review of Fiscal Year 2012 
organization data; 2014 NAC annual meeting plans; and any new business.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, the public may submit written 
statements for the Committee's review to Ms. Laura Balun, Designated 
Federal Officer, Voluntary Service Office (10B2A), Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20420, or by 
email at [email protected]. Any member of the public wishing to attend 
the meeting or seeking additional information should contact Ms. Balun 
at (202) 461-7300.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: September 27, 2012.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-24223 Filed 10-2-12; 8:45 am]
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