96-4458. Residency Realignment Review Committee, Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Residency Realignment Review Committee, Notice of Meeting

    As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the VA hereby gives notice that the Residency Realignment Review 
Committee has scheduled a meeting on March 4th and 5th, 1996. The 
meeting on the 4th will start at 10 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. and the 
meeting on the 5th will start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12 noon. The 
meeting will be held in Room 830 at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The purpose of the committee is to review 
the present scope and structure of Veterans Health Administration's 
Residency Program to ensure that the program is effective in future 
health care setting.
    The morning of the first day will be to discuss distribution of VA 
Residency Positions and patient socio-demographics and service needs. 
The afternoon will be divided into working groups and will rejoin for 
working group summaries. The meeting on the second day will be an 
overview of the first day's discussions and planning work assignments 
and the agenda for the next meeting. The next meeting will be to 
finalize a report to the VA Under Secretary for Health with 
recommendations for restructuring VA residency programs. Future 
meetings will be announced as their dates are set. VA has determined 
that the work of this Committee is in the public interest.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Due to limited seating 
capacity of the room, those who plan to attend or who have questions 
concerning the meeting should contact Sylvia Best, Department of 
Veterans Affairs at [phone] or 7955.
    The Designated Federal Official for the Committee is Jan Lamoreaux, 
Office of Policy, Planning and Performance (phone number: (202) 565-
7961).

    Dated: February 21, 1996.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-4458 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]
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