Advisory committee OIF/OEF Families

This year, the Government asswer to problems to create a committe to
talk about the problem. Oh, there are meetings and minutes are taken
and testimony written and verbal are collected. At the end, the documentation
disappears from the web and the listed office is closed. Making it next to
impossible for the Public find out what was said. Information on other
Advisory Committees have been losted at the National Archives. Delay, Conceal
and Deny is what occurs in the end. With American short attention span it is
forgotten. Jagmedic said.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF Veterans and Families; Notice of
Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee
on OIF/OEF Veterans and Families will meet on May 14-16, 2007, at The
Hilton Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on the full spectrum of health care, benefits delivery and
related family support issues that confront servicemembers during their
transition from active duty to veteran status and during their post-
service years. The Committee will focus on the concerns of all men and
women with active military service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and/or
Operation Enduring Freedom, but will pay particular attention to
severely disabled veterans and their families.

The agenda for the May 14-16 meeting will include briefings by
senior officials of the Veterans Health Administration, Veterans
Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery Administration on VA
programs and policies that particularly affect OIF/OEF veterans. Other
presentations will focus on the ongoing activities of VA's Office of
Seamless Transition, and deliberations of the Joint (VA-DoD) Executive
Council. The May 16 session will be devoted to Committee discussion of
its general workplan, possible site visits to VA facilities, and future
meeting dates.

The meeting will include time reserved for public comments.
Individuals wishing to make oral statements must pre-register not later
than May 9, 2007 by contacting Tiffany Glover via e-mail
tiffany.glover@ va.gov, and by submitting a 1-2 page summary of their
statements for inclusion in the official record of the meeting. Oral
statements by the public will be limited to five minutes each and will
be received at 3 p.m.-3:30 p.m. on May 15, and at 11 a.m.-12 p.m. on
May 16. The public may also submit written statements for the
Committee's review to the Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF Veterans and
Families (008), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20420.
Any member of the public seeking additional information should
contact Ronald Thomas, Esq., Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 273-
5182.

Dated: April 25, 2007.