[Federal Register: May 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 88)]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 
Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies; Amended Notice 
of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory 
Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies meeting on Wednesday, May 18, 
2005, will be held at Howard College, Dorothy Garrett Coliseum, 1001 
Birdwell Lane, Big Spring, Texas 79720, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The 
meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs on proposed business plans at those VA facility 
sites identified in May 2004 as requiring further study by the Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Decision document.
    The agenda at each meeting will include presentations on objectives 
of the CARES project and the project's timeframes. Additional 
presentations will focus on the VA-selected contractor's methodology 
and tools to develop business plan options, as well as the methodology 
for gathering and evaluating stakeholder input. The agenda will also 
accommodate public commentary on site-specific issues.
    Interested persons may attend and present oral or written 
statements to the Committee. For additional information regarding the 
meetings, please contact Mr. Jay Halpern, Designated Federal Officer, 
(00CARES), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20024 by phone at 
(202) 273-5994, or by e-mail at jay.halpern@hq.med.va.gov.

    Dated: May 3, 2005.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-9236 Filed 5-6-05; 8:45 am]

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