[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33084]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services
Research and Development Service; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration,
gives notice under Pub. L. 92-463, that a meeting of the Scientific
Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services Research and
Development Service will be held at the Embassy Suites, 9090 Southwest
Freeway, Houston, TX, January 18 through January 20, 1999, from 8:00
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day. The purpose of the meeting is to review
research and development applications concerned with the measurement
and evaluation of health care systems and with testing new methods of
health care delivery and management. Applications are reviewed for
scientific and technical merit. Recommendations regarding funding are
prepared for the Chief Research and Development Officer.
This meeting will be open to the public at the start of the January
18 session for approximately one-half hour to cover administrative
matters and to discuss the general status of the program. The closed
portion of the meeting involves discussion, examination, reference to,
and oral review of staff and consultant critiques of research protocols
and similar documents. During this portion of the 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 be likely to
frustrate significantly implementation of proposed agency action
regarding such research projects). As provided by the subsection 10(d)
of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, closing portions of
these meetings is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
Those who plan to attend the open session should contact the Review
Program Manager (124F), Health Services Research and Development
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., at least five days before the meeting. For further
information, call (202) 273-8287.
Dated: December 4, 1998.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-33084 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
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