[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24711-24712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11505]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in accordance with Public 
Law 103-446, gives notice that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Minority Veterans will be held from Wednesday, May 12 through Friday, 
May 14, 1999, in Washington, DC. The purpose of the Advisory Committee 
on Minority Veterans is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on 
the administration of VA benefits and services for minority veterans, 
to assess the needs of minority veterans and to evaluate whether VA 
compensation, medical and rehabilitation services, outreach, and other 
programs are meeting those needs. The Committee will make 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding such activities.
    The meeting will convene in room 430, VA Central Office (VACO) 
Building, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. On May 12, the meeting will focus on the findings of the 
committee's site visit to VA facilities in the Caribbean. The Committee 
will also review reports of the four subcommittees. On Thursday, May 
13, the Committee will concentrate on VA programs and facilities 
located in the mid-western states to include Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, 
Kentucky, Iowa, and Kansas as well as receive a briefing from the 
Director, Center for Women Veterans. On Friday, May 14, the Committee 
will begin drafting the annual report for Fiscal Year 1999. These 
sessions will be open to the public. For those wishing to attend, 
please contact Mr. Anthony T. Hawkins, Department of Veterans Affairs 
at (202) 273-6708, prior to May 10, 1999. The Committee will accept 
written comments from interested parties on issues affecting minority 
veterans. Comments should be referred to the Committee at the following 
address: Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, Center for Minority 
Veterans (OOM), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420.

    Dated: April 29, 1999.


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    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-11505 Filed 5-6-99; 8:45 am]
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