[Federal Register: September 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 180)]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 
Advsiory Committee on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice that a meeting of 
the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee (GGAC) will be held 
on September 29-30, 1999, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, in 
Room 230, located at 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The 
purpose of the GGAC is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
the Under Secretary for Health relative to the care and treatment of 
the aging veterans, and to evaluate the Geriatric Research, Education 
and Clinical Centers. The Committee will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 
p.m. (EST) on September 29 and from 9:00 a.m. until noon (EST) on 
September 30.
    The agenda for September 29 will begin with a discussion of VA 
activities in Geriatrics and Extended Care. The first day's agenda will 
also include a discussion on the current expansion of the GRECC program 
and highlight the GRECC Director's meeting. On September 30, the 
Committee will address strategic planning for the GGAC.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Individuals who wish to 
attend the meeting should contact Jacqueline Holmes, Program Assistant, 
Geriatrics and Extended Care Strategic Health Care Group at (202) 273-
8539.

    Dated: September 9, 1999.
    By Direction of the Secretary.
Marvin R. Eason,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-24240 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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