[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 23824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11467]
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DEPARMENT 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 (Committee),
authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2401, will be held Tuesday, June 23 and
Wednesday, June 24, 1998, at the Handlery Hotel and Resort, 950 Hotel
Circle North, San Diego, CA, 92108. This will be the committee's first
meeting of the year 1998.
The purpose of the Committee is to review the administration of
VA's cemeteries and burial benefits program. On Tuesday, June 23, 1998,
the meeting will convene at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) and adjourn at 7:00 p.m.
(PDT). On Wednesday, June 24, 1998, the meeting will convene at 8:00
p.m. (PDT) and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (PDT).
On Tuesday, June 23, there will be a business session at the
Handlery Hotel and Resort in the Club Room. The Committee will then
depart for Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Cabrillo Memorial Drive,
in the town of Point Loma, San Diego, CA 92106, for a tour and an
equipment show.
On the morning of June 24, the Committee will meet at the Handlery
Hotel and Resort, in the Director Room, where they will receive
presentations from Ex-Officio Committee members. In the afternoon, the
Committee will attend a Best Practices Panel with cemetery directors,
in the Crystal Room. After the Best Practices Panel, the Committee will
meet, in the Director Room, for a business session and an update
briefing on National Cemetery System activities.
The meeting will be open to the public. Those wishing to attend
should contact Ms. Louise Ware, Special Assistant to the Director,
National Cemetery System, (phone (202) 273-7577) no later than 12 noon
(EST), June 15, 1998.
Any interested person may attend, appear before, or file a
statement with the Committee. Individuals wishing to appear before 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 they
represent. In addition, to the extent practicable, letters should
indicate the subject matter they want to discuss. Oral presentations
should be limited to 10 minutes in duration. Those wishing to file
written statements to be submitted to the Committee must also mail, or
otherwise deliver, them to the Acting Director, National Cemetery
System.
Letters and written statements as discussed above must be mailed or
delivered in time to reach the Acting Director, National Cemetery
System, by 12 noon (EST), June 15, 1998. Oral statements will be heard
between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (PDT), June 24, 1998, at the Handlery
Hotel.
Dated: April 23, 1998.
By Direction of the Acting Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-11467 Filed 4-29-98; 8:45 am]
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