70 FR 74 pg. 20421 - Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies; Notice of Meeting

Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 74Page: 20421
FR document: [FR Doc. 05-7732 Filed 4-18-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Veterans Affairs Department
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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 Pub. L. 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies will meet on Friday, April 29, 2005, at The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne Street, Louisville, KY 40206. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and is expected to continue until 1 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 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 meeting, 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: April 11, 2005.

By direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 05-7732 Filed 4-18-05; 8:45 am]

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