Federal Agencies Set 17 Meetings Involving Public Participation

Targeted News Service

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The following meetings were announced by the respective agencies through notices published in the Federal Register:

OPEN MEETINGS:

April 27-29 - Department of Veterans Affairs' Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War, Hamilton Crowne Plaza, Washington, D.C. Contact: Eric Robinson, designated federal officer, 202/443-6016, [email protected]. Topics: Associate Chief Consultant of Mental Health Disaster Response and Post-Deployment Activities; Cleveland Center Employee Education System Report on the FPOW Training Agenda; Information from FPOWs About Experiences, Issues, and Recommendations for Health Benefits and Claims Processing; and 2015 Draft Recommendation.

April 28 - National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB Conference Center, Washington, D.C. Contact: Candi Bing, 202/314-6403, [email protected]. Topics: 8635 Railroad Accident Report--Chicago Transit Authority Train Collides with Bumping Post and Escalator at O'Hare Station, Chicago, Illinois, March 24, 2014.

April 30 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Petaluma Community Center, Petaluma, California. Contact: Roxanne Grillo, 415/503-6859, [email protected]. Topics: Preliminary Assessment and Dredged Material Management Plan for Petaluma River, City of Petaluma, Sonoma County, California.

April 30 - National Commission on Forensic Science, House of Sweden, Washington, D.C. Contact: Brette Steele, 202/305-0180, [email protected]. Topics: Evidence Preservation and Retention Issues; and Status Reports from Subcommittees on Reporting and Testimony and Accreditation and Proficiency Testing.

May 1 - National Commission on Forensic Science, House of Sweden, Washington, D.C. Contact: Brette Steele, 202/305-0180, [email protected]. Topics: Status Reports from Subcommittees on Interim Solutions, Medicolegal Death Investigation, Training on Science and Law, and Human Factors; and Forensic Science in Mass Fatality Management Briefing.

May 4 - Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Contacts: Heidi M. Thomas, OCC special counsel, 202/649-5490; Kevin Wilson, board financial analyst, 202/452-2362, and Claudia Von Pervieux, board counsel, 202/452-2552; or Ruth R. Amberg, FDIC assistant general counsel, 202/898-3736. Topics: Review Regulations under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996.

May 13 - National Advisory Council on Aging, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact: Robin Barr, 301/496-9322, [email protected]. Topics: Future Meeting Dates; Reports from Task Force on Minority Aging Research, and Program Highlights.

May 13-14 - National Endowment for the Humanities, Constitution Center at 400 7th St. SW Washington, D.C. Contact: Lisette Voyatzis, committee management officer, 202/606-8322, [email protected]. Topics: Education and Public Programs for Digital Humanities: Implementation Grants, submitted to the Office of Digital Humanities; and Visualization for Digital Humanities: Implementation Grants, submitted to the Office of Digital Humanities.

May 14 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board, San Luis Resort Hotel and Conference Center, Galveston, Texas. Contact: Mark R. Pointon, designated federal officer, 703/428-6438, [email protected]. Topics: Status of Funding for Inland Navigation Projects and Studies, Status of Inland Waterways Trust Fund, Status and Path Forward for Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 Monongahela River Project; Status of Chickamauga Lock Project; Status of Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock General Re-evaluation Report; Update on Inland Marine Transportation System Investment Program; and Lock Performance Monitoring System Data and Reporting Process.

July 8 - National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials and Translational Research Advisory Committee, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact: Sheila A. Prindiville, 240/276-6173, [email protected]. Topics: NCI's Clinical and Translational Research Programs.

CLOSED MEETINGS:

May 12 - National Advisory Council on Aging, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Contact: Robin Barr, 301/496-9322, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

May 14 - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Special Emphasis Panel, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland. Contact: Shiguang Yang, scientific review officer, 301/496-8683, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

June 1 - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Special Emphasis Panel, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland. Contact: Kausik Ray, scientific review officer, 301/402-3587, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

June 9 - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Special Emphasis Panel, meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland. Contact: Kausik Ray, scientific review officer, 301/402-3587, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

June 18-19 - National Institutes of Health's Communication Disorders Review Committee, Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia. Contact: Eliane Lazar-Wesley, scientific review officer, 301/496-8683, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

June 29 - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Special Emphasis Panel, Doubletree Hotel Washington, Washington, D.C. Contact: Carla T. Walls, 301/435-6898, [email protected]. Topics: Review and Evaluate Grant Applications.

WEBINAR:

April 29 - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Contact: Raj Subramanian, 202/366-3365, [email protected]. Topics: Data Modernization; Sample Redesign: Why and How?; Crash Investigation Sampling System Sample Design; Crash Report Sampling System Sample Design; Improvements in Crash Investigation Sampling System / Crash Report Sampling System; and Ongoing and Upcoming Activities in Survey Modernization.

Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://www.targetednews.com

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