[Federal Register: September 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 175)]
[Notices]               
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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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