[Federal Register: December 14, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 239)]
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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 Embassy Suites, 9090 Southwest 
Freeway, Houston, TX, January 18 through January 20, 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 systems 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 January 
18 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: December 4, 1998.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-33084 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
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