[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6571-6572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02301]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit
Review Board; Notice of Meetings
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that the subcommittees
of the Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit
Review Board will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the dates indicated
below:
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Subcommittee Date(s) Location
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Aging & Neurodegenerative February 24, 2015. VHA National
Disease. Conference
Center.
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic February 24, 2015. VHA National
Rehabilitation. Conference
Center.
Regenerative Medicine........... February 24, 2015. VHA National
Conference
Center.
Career Development Award Program February 24-25, VHA National
2015. Conference
Center.
VA-ORD Historically Black February 25, 2015. * VA Central
College and University Research Office.
Scientist Training Program.
Spinal Cord Injury.............. February 25, 2015. * VA Central
Office.
Brain Injury: TBI & Stroke...... February 26, 2015. VHA National
Conference
Center.
Psychological Health & Social February 26, 2015. VHA National
Reintegration. Conference
Center.
Rehabilitation Engineering & February 26, 2015. VHA National
Prosthetics/Orthotics. Conference
Center.
Sensory Systems/Communication February 26, 2015. VHA National
Disorders. Conference
Center.
Research Career Scientists...... February 27, 2015. * VA Central
Office.
Center of Excellence and April 9, 2015..... VHA National
Research Enhancement Award Conference
Program. Center.
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The addresses of the meeting sites are: (* Teleconference). VA
Central Office, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20002. VHA National
Conference Center, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
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.
The subcommittee meetings will be open to the public for
approximately one-half hour at the start of each meeting to cover
administrative matters and to discuss the general status of the
program. Members of the public who wish to attend the open portion of
the teleconference sessions may dial 1-800-767-1750, participant code
10172. The remaining portion of each subcommittee 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 portion of each subcommittee meeting, discussion and
recommendations will include qualifications of the personnel
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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 meetings. Those who plan to attend the open
portion of a subcommittee meeting should contact Tiffany Asqueri,
Designated Federal Officer, Rehabilitation Research and Development
Service, at Department of Veterans Affairs (10P9R), 810 Vermont Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20420, or email [email protected] at least 5
days before the meeting. For further information, please call Mrs.
Asqueri at (202) 443-5757.
Dated: February 2, 2015.
Rebecca Schiller,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-02301 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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