Meetings: CARES Business Plan Studies Advisory Committee,

[Federal Register: August 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 152)]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies; 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 will meet as indicated below. The meetings are open to the public.

Location

Date

Time

Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Tuesday, August 11 a.m. until 6:30 Building 5, Auditorium, 400 30, 2005.

p.m. Fort Hill Avenue, Canandaigua, NY 14424. Montogomery Museum of Fine Arts, Thursday September 10 a.m. until 5 Wilson Auditorium, One Museum 1, 2005.

p.m. Way, Montgomery, Alabama 36123. Howard College Dorothy Garret Thursday,

8 a.m. until 6 Coliseum, 1001 Birdwell Lane, September 1, 2005. p.m. Big Spring, TX 79720.

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

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Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Decision document.

The agenda at each meeting will include a discussion of the potential CARES Business Plan options for each site. The options have been developed by the VA contractor. The agenda will provide time for public comments on the options and for discussion of which options should be considered by the Secretary for further analysis and development in the next stage of the Business Plan Option development process.

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@va.gov.

Dated: August 2, 2005.

By Direction of the Secretary. E. Phillip Riggin, Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 05-15663 Filed 8-8-05; 8:45 am]

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