[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3559-3560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01036]
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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 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the dates
indicated below:
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Subcommittee Date(s) Location
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Aging & Neurodegenerative February 23, 2016. VHA National
Disease. Conference
Center.
Brain Injury: TBI & Stroke...... February 23, 2016. VHA National
Conference
Center.
Spinal Cord Injury.............. February 23, 2016. VHA National
Conference
Center.
Career Development Award Program February 23-24, VHA National
2016. Conference
Center.
Regenerative Medicine........... February 24, 2016. VHA National
Conference
Center.
Sensory Systems/Communication February 24, 2016. VHA National
Disorders. Conference
Center.
Psychological Health & Social February 25, 2016. VHA National
Reintegration. Conference
Center.
Rehabilitation Engineering & February 25, 2016. VHA National
Prosthetics/Orthotics. Conference
Center.
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic...... February 25-26, AECOM.
2016.
VA-ORD Historically Black February 26, 2016. *VA Central
College and University Research Office.
Scientist Training Program.
Center and Research Enhancement April 9, 2016..... VHA National
Award Program. Conference
Center.
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The addresses of the meeting sites are:
(*Teleconference). VA Central Office, 1100 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20002.
VHA National Conference Center, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
AECOM, 2450 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, 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
35847. The
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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 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
five days before the meeting. For further information, please call Mrs.
Asqueri at (202) 443-5757.
Rebecca Schiller,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-01036 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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