[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62976-62977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21926]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans will be held 
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, September 27-29, 2016. The meeting on 
Tuesday will be conducted in Conference Room 730 at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. The meeting on Thursday will be conducted in 
Conference Room 428 at the Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) 
Headquarters Offices located at 1717 H Street NW., Washington DC 20006. 
The agenda for these two days will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 4:30 
p.m. The meeting on both days is open to the public.
    The meeting on Wednesday will be conducted at two VA Vet Centers 
located in Alexandria, VA and Prince George County, MD. The latter 
meetings will include interviews with Veteran consumers and will be 
closed to the public. Portions of these visits are closed to the public 
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Exemption 6 permits to 
Committee to close those portions of a meeting that are likely to 
disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. During 
the closed sessions the Committee will discuss VA beneficiary and 
patient information in which there is a clear unwarranted invasion of 
the Veteran or beneficiary privacy.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review the post-war readjustment 
needs of combat Veterans and to evaluate the availability and 
effectiveness of VA programs to meet Veterans' needs.

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    On September 27, the Committee will be briefed on current 
directions and priorities for serving the Nation's war Veterans. The 
Committee will also be briefed by the Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
for Health on new directions of care in Veterans Health Administration 
(VHA) and the coordination of VA healthcare with readjustment 
counseling.
    The September 27 will also include briefings on the current 
activities of the Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) Vet Centers to 
include the full scope of outreach and readjustment counseling services 
provided to combat Veterans, Service members and families. The briefing 
will focus on the coordination of Vet Center services with VHA health 
care, mental health, and social work services. The Committee will also 
receive briefings from VHA mental health program officials focusing on 
the key role of mental health services for the psychological, social, 
and economic readjustment of combat Veterans.
    On September 28, Committee members will conduct onsite visits at 
two Vet Centers to meet with groups of Veteran consumers and with VHA 
service providers from the Vet Centers and the support VA medical 
facilities.
    On September 29 the Committee will receive briefings from 
additional VHA program officials representing key programs of specific 
value for the post-war readjustment of Veterans, Service members and 
family members. The agenda for September 29 will conclude with a 
Committee strategic planning session for developing the observations 
and conclusions for the annual Committee Report.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, members of the public may 
direct written questions or submit prepared statements for review by 
the Committee before the meeting to Mr. Charles M. Flora, L.C.S.W-C., 
Designated Federal Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. 
Because the meeting will be in a Government building, please provide 
valid photo identification for check-in. Please allow 30 minutes before 
the meeting for the check-in process. If you plan to attend or have 
questions concerning the meeting, please contact Mr. Flora at (202) 
461-6525 or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: September 8, 2016.
LaTonya L. Small,
Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-21926 Filed 9-12-16; 8:45 am]
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