[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14599-14600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05580]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Section 203 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care
Personnel Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 102-40), dated May 7, 1991, revised the
disciplinary grievance and appeal procedures for employees appointed
under 38 U.S.C. 7401(1). It also required the periodic designation of
employees of the Department who are qualified to serve on Disciplinary
Appeals Boards. These employees constitute the Disciplinary Appeals
Board Panel from which Board members in a case are appointed. This
notice announces that the roster of employees on the Panel is available
for review and comment. Employees, employee organizations, and other
interested parties shall be provided, without charge, a list of the
names of employees on the Panel upon request and may submit comments
concerning the suitability for service on the Panel of any employee
whose name is on the list.
DATES: Names that appear on the Panel may be selected to serve on a
Board or as a grievance examiner after April 14, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Requests for the list of names of employees on the Panel and
written comments may be directed to: Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420. Requests and comments may also be faxed to (202) 273-9776.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Ables, Employee Relations and
Performance Management Service, Office of Human Resources Management,
Department of Veterans
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Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Mailstop 051, Washington, DC 20420.
Mr. Ables may be reached at (202) 461-6172.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 102-40 requires that the
availability of the roster be posted in the Federal Register
periodically and not less than annually. The 2013 newly trained
Disciplinary Appeals Board members covered by this notice are
identified and listed with their positions in Appendix A.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose D.
Riojas, Chief of Staff, Department of Veteran Affairs, approved this
document on February 25, 2014, for publication.
Dated: March 10, 2014.
William F. Russo,
Deputy Director, Regulation Policy and Management, Office of the
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Appendix A
2013 Training Attendees--Disciplinary Appeals Board
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Name Title Position VISN
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Naomi Alazraki........................... M.D....................... Chief, Nuclear Medicine..... 7
Gloria Bengoa-Farrington................. R.N....................... Nurse Manager............... 12
Alan Bernstein........................... R.N....................... Associate Director, Patient 17
Care Services.
Kay Bower................................ R.N....................... Associate Director, Patient 11
Care Services.
Colleen Butler........................... R.N....................... Women Veterans Program 19
Manager.
J. Michael Casparian..................... M.D....................... Chief, Dermatology.......... 15
Theresa Christenson...................... R.N....................... Clinical Nurse Manager...... 12
Michael Cook............................. D.O....................... Section Chief, Nuclear 3
Medicine.
Karin Cooke.............................. R.N....................... Associate Chief Nurse....... 4
Nancy Downey............................. N.P....................... Chief, Quality Management... 22
Jean Dunn................................ R.N....................... Associate Chief Nurse, VISN 17
17.
Melissa Edwards.......................... R.N....................... Chief Nurse................. 6
Maura Flynn.............................. N.P....................... Nurse Practitioner.......... 1
Sumit Ghosh.............................. M.D....................... Physician, Gynecology....... 4
Phillip Haddad........................... M.D....................... Physician, Hematology/ 16
Oncology.
Sean Hatton.............................. M.D....................... Chief, Admin Medicine....... 7
Michele Hill............................. R.N....................... Chief Nurse................. 6
Areef Ishani............................. M.D....................... Section Chief, Nephrology... 23
Patrice Kennedy.......................... N.P....................... Nurse Practitioner.......... 19
Terry Reese.............................. N.P....................... Nurse Practitioner.......... 15
Susan Walsh.............................. R.N....................... Home Based Primary Care 2
Coordinator.
Jayson Yap............................... M.D....................... Nephrologist................ 10
Zahid Yasin.............................. M.D....................... Physician................... 16
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