[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27307]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice that a meeting
of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, authorized by 38
U.S.C. 2401, will be held Wednesday, October 28, 1998, at Florida
National Cemetery, 6502 SW 102nd Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513, and
Thursday, October 29, 1998, at the Hawthorne Suites Hotel, 6435
Westwood Blvd., Orlando, FL 32821. On Wednesday, October 28, 1998, the
meeting will convene at 9:00 a.m. (EST) and adjourn at 3;45 p.m. (EST).
On Thursday, October 29, 1998, the meeting will convene at 8:00 a.m.
(EST) and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST).
This will be the committee's first meeting of fiscal year 1999. The
purpose of the committee is to review the administration of VA's
cemeteries and burial benefits program.
On Wednesday, October 28, there will be a business session at
Florida National Cemetery. The committee will be updated on National
Cemetery System (NCS) issues, briefed on operations at Florida National
Cemetery and then given a tour of the cemetery.
On Thursday, October 29, at the Hawthorne Suites Hotel, in the
Magnolia-A conference room there will be updates and discussions on
cremation scatter areas, military honors, construction of and
dedications for new cemeteries, NCS 25th Anniversary and the One VA
conference.
The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend
should contact Ms. Louise Ware, Special Assistant to the Acting
Director, National Cemetery System, [phone (202) 273-7577] no later
than 12 noon (EST), October 21, 1998.
Any interested person may attend, appear before, or file a
statement with the Committee. Individuals wishing to appear before the
Committee or wishing to file written statements to be submitted to the
Committee should indicate this in a letter to the Acting Director,
National Cemetery System (40), at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC 20420. In any such letters, the writers must fully identify
themselves and state the organization, association or person(s) they
represent. In addition, to the extent practicable, letters should
indicate the subject matter they want to discuss. Letters and written
statements must be received by 12 noon (EST), October 21, 1998.
Oral presentations should be limited to 10 minutes in duration.
Oral statements will be heard between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (EST),
Thursday, October 29, 1998, at the Hawthorne Suites Hotel.
Dated: September 30, 1998.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-27307 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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