[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12830-12831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04250]


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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 the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that the annual 
meeting of the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service (VAVS) 
National Advisory Committee (NAC) will be held on March 4-6, 2013, at 
the Embassy Suites, Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle Park, 201 Harrison 
Oaks Boulevard, Cary, North Carolina. On March 14, the meeting will 
begin at 8 a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m. On March 5-6, the meetings will 
begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. on March 5 and at 4 p.m. on 
March 6. The meeting is open to the public.
    The Committee, comprised of fifty-four national voluntary 
organizations, advises the Secretary, through the Under Secretary for 
Health, on the coordination and promotion of volunteer activities 
within VA facilities. The purposes of this meeting are to provide for 
Committee review of volunteer policies and procedures; to

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accommodate full and open communications between organization 
representatives and the Voluntary Service Office and field staff; to 
provide educational opportunities geared towards improving volunteer 
programs with special emphasis on methods to recruit, retain, place, 
motivate, and recognize volunteers; and to provide Committee 
recommendations.
    The March 4 session will include a National Executive Committee 
Meeting, Health Fair, and VAVS Representative and Deputy Representative 
training session.
    The March 5 business session will include remarks from local 
officials, the Voluntary Service Report, Veterans Health Administration 
Update, and remarks by VA officials on the My HealtheVet initiative, 
Patient Centered-Care, and Homelessness. The James H. Parke Memorial 
Scholarship recipient will be honored at the Parke Awards Luncheon 
(requires prepayment) to be held at 12 noon. Educational workshops will 
be held in the afternoon and will focus on student volunteers, 
developing adaptive sports programs at the facility level, My 
HealtheVet volunteer program, and national cemetery volunteering.
    On March 6, the morning business session will include subcommittee 
reports, presentations on No One Dies Alone program, suicide 
prevention, and Make the Connection resources. The educational 
workshops will be repeated in the afternoon. The meeting will conclude 
with a Closing Awards Dinner (requires prepayment) recognizing the 
recipients of the American Spirit Awards, VAVS Award for Excellence, 
and the NAC male and female Volunteer of the Year awards.
    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 
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.

    Dated: February 20, 2013.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-04250 Filed 2-22-13; 8:45 am]
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