[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49273-49274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23605]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, Notice of
Meetings
The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., of the following meetings to be
held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. as indicated below:
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Subcommittee for Date Location
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Endocrinology......................... September 16-17, 1999......... Washington Plaza.
Nephrology............................ September 22, 1999............ 1400 I St, NW, #400.
Epidemiology.......................... September 27, 1999............ Holiday Inn Central.
Mental Hlth & Behavioral Sciences..... September 30-October 1, 1999.. Holiday Inn Central.
Cardiology............................ October 1, 1999............... 1400 I St, NW, #400.
Oncology.............................. October 4-5, 1999............. Crowne Plaza.
Respiration........................... October 4, 1999............... Holiday Inn Central.
Neurobiology-D........................ October 14-15, 1999........... Holiday Inn Central.
Hematology............................ October 14, 1999.............. 1400 I St, NW, #400.
Neurobiology-C........................ October 18, 1999.............. 1400 I St, NW, #400.
Immunology............................ October 18-19, 1999........... Crowne Plaza.
Aging and Clinical Geriatrics......... October 18, 1999.............. 1400 I St, NW, #400.
Infectious Diseases................... October 21-22, 1999........... Holiday Inn Central.
Surgery............................... October 23, 1999.............. 1400 I St, NW, #400.
Gastroenterology...................... October 25-26, 1999........... 1400 I St, NW, #400.
Alcohol and Drug Dependence........... October 28, 1999.............. 1400 I St, NW, #400.
General Medical Science............... October 28-29, 1999........... Holiday Inn Central.
Medical Research Service Merit Review December 2, 1999.............. Holiday Inn Central.
Committee.
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The addresses of the hotels are:
Crowne Plaza, 1001--14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005.
Holiday Inn Central, 1501 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20005.
Washington Plaza, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005.
These subcommittee meetings will be for the purpose of evaluating
the scientific merit of research conducted in each specialty by
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) investigators working in VA Medical
Centers and Clinics.
The subcommittee meetings will be open to the public for
approximately one hour at the start of each meeting to discuss the
general status of the program. The remaining portion of each
subcommittee meeting will be closed to the public for the review,
discussion, and evaluation of initial and renewal projects.
The closed portion of the meetings involves discussion,
examination, reference to, and oral review of site visits, staff and
consultant critiques of research protocols and similar documents.
During this portion of the subcommittee meetings, discussion and
recommendations will deal with qualifications of 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 could significantly
frustrate implementation of proposed agency action regarding such
research projects.
As provided by subsection 10(d) of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by
Pub. L. 94-409, closing portions of these subcommittee meetings is in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Those who plan to
attend or would like to obtain a copy of minutes of the subcommittee
meetings and rosters of the members of the subcommittees should contact
Dr. LeRoy Frey, Chief, Program Review Division, Medical Research
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, (202) 408-
3630.
Dated: August 31, 1999.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-23605 Filed 9-9-99; 8:45 am]
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