[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 36856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16507]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities
Programs; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. that a meeting of the Federal
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
will be held on October 4-5, 2017, in Room 530 at VA Central Office,
810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. The meeting will convene
at 8:30 a.m. on both days, and will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on October 4
and at 12 noon on October 5. This meeting is open to the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of VA on
VA's prosthetics programs designed to provide state-of-the-art
prosthetics and the associated rehabilitation research, development,
and evaluation of such technology. The Committee also provides advice
to the Secretary on special-disabilities programs, which are defined as
any program administered by the Secretary to serve Veterans with spinal
cord injuries, blindness or visual impairments, loss of extremities or
loss of function, deafness or hearing impairment, and other serious
incapacities in terms of daily life functions.
On October 4, the Committee will receive briefings on Annual
Ethics, General Counsel, Rehabilitation Research and Development,
Prosthetic and Sensory Aids; Blind Rehabilitation Service; and the
National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. On October 5, the
Committee members will receive briefing from the Connected Care/
Telemedicine and Audiology and Speech Pathology.
No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the
public; however, members of the public may direct questions or submit
written statements for review by the Committee in advance of the
meeting to Judy Schafer, Ph.D., Designated Federal Officer, Veterans
Health Administration, Patient Care Services, Rehabilitation and
Prosthetic Services (10P4R), VA, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20420, or by email at [email protected]. Because the meeting is being
held in a government building, a photo I.D. must be presented at the
Guard's Desk as a part of the clearance process. Therefore, you should
allow an additional 30 minutes before the meeting begins. Any member of
the public wishing to attend the meeting should contact Dr. Schafer at
(202) 461-7315.
Dated: August 1, 2017.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-16507 Filed 8-4-17; 8:45 am]
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