07-3208. Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies; Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies has scheduled a meeting for July 24, 2007, at Montrose VA Medical Center, Building 15, Room 7, 2094 Albany Post Road, Montrose, New York. The meeting will convene at 4 p.m. and will conclude at 7 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.

The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on proposed business plans at those VA facility sites identified in May 2004 as requiring further study by the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Decision document.

The objective of the meeting is to provide the Secretary with advice regarding the final selection of a business planning option to modernize the Montrose and Castle Point VA Medical Centers from those options previously selected by the Secretary for further study. An analysis of the business planning options completed by the VA contractor will be presented for Committee review in preparation for submitting the Committee's final recommendations to VA. The agenda will also accommodate public commentary on the business planning options.

Interested persons may attend and present oral or written statements to the Committee. For additional information regarding the meeting, please contact Mr. Jay Halpern, Designated Federal Officer, (00CARES), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, by phone at [phone], or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Dated: June 26, 2007.

By Direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,

Committee Management Officer.