[Federal Register: November 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 226)]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 
Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans will be held on December 13-14, 
2006, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office, 
1700 Clairmont Road, Atlanta, Georgia. The sessions will convene at 8 
a.m. each day. On December 13, the session will end at 4 p.m. and on 
December 14 will end at 12 Noon. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs with an ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of the 
policies, organizational structures, and services of the Department in 
assisting homeless veterans. The Committee shall assemble and review 
information relating to the needs of homeless veterans and provide 
ongoing advice on the most appropriate means of assisting homeless 
veterans. The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary 
regarding such activities.
    On December 13, the Committee will review the responses to the 
Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans 2006 report and receive 
information and reports from the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
other Federal departments.
    On December 14, the Committee will continue to receive reports and 
begin preparation of its upcoming annual report and recommendations to 
the Secretary.
    Those wishing to attend the meeting should contact Mr. Pete 
Dougherty, Department of Veterans Affairs, at (202) 273-5764. No time 
will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the public. 
However, the Committee will accept written comments from interested 
parties on issues affecting homeless veterans. Such comments should be 
referred to the Committee at the following address: Advisory Committee 
on Homeless Veterans, Homeless Veterans Programs Office (075D), U.S. 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420.

    Dated: November 17, 2006.

    By direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9378 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]

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