98-21698. Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, Notice of Meeting
[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
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[Page 43448]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation, Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on
Rehabilitation (VACOR), authorized by 38 U.S.C., Section 3121, will be
held September 23rd through 25th, 1998. The meeting will be held in
room #730 at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the Committee with
current information regarding the reorganization of the VA's Health and
Benefits Administrations, determine how these service-delivery changes
may potentially impact on the rehabilitation of disabled veterans, and
generate change recommendations, if needed, to ensure the effectiveness
of the VA's programs of veteran rehabilitation. In addition, the
committee will be informed of the new Vocational Rehabilitation and
Counseling (VR&C) Quality Assurance Program, outside contracting for
rehabilitation services, and review of preliminary findings made by the
Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition Assistance.
The September 23rd meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. Prior to a full
discussion of the VR&C Quality Assurance program, the VA's Deputy
Ethics Official will assist members in completing financial disclosure
forms and updating prior year form submissions. The afternoon session
will focus on the reorganization of service delivery in the VA Health
and Benefits Administrations. A 3:45 p.m. adjournment time is
anticipated.
On September 24th, the Committee will reconvene at 9:00 a.m. and
hear a presentation from the Chairman of the Commission on
Servicemembers and Veterans Assistance Transition regarding preliminary
Committee findings relative to the VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and
Counseling program. Following that presentation, spokespersons from the
Vocational Rehabilitation & Counseling program will address the issues
of outside contracting for rehabilitation services and current program
activities designed to more effectively market VR&C initiatives and
successes within both the VA and the community at large. A 3:45 p.m.
adjournment will follow a review of implications for future program
directions based on information received. The September 25th meeting
will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will focus on general Committee findings,
the generation of specific recommendations for program changes, and a
discussion of future meetings, potential meeting locations and future
agenda topics. Adjournment will follow at approximately 12:00 noon.
All meetings will be open to the general public. Oral statements
will be received by the general public on September 25th at 9:00 a.m.
Anyone having questions concerning the meeting may contact Frank J.
Donlan, Counseling Psychologist, Department of Veterans Affairs, at
(202) 273-7436.
Dated: August 3, 1998.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21698 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 08/13/1998
- Department:
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 98-21698
- Pages:
- 43448-43448 (1 pages)
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