[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5073]
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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 Omni Ambassador East, 1301
North State Parkway, Chicago, IL, June 24 through 26, 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 services 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 June 24
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: February 22, 1999.
By Direction of the Secretary:
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-5073 Filed 3-1-99; 8:45 am]
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