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AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

Mon, Dec 29 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to revise its current regulations concerning the collection, compromise, suspension, termination, and referral of debts owed to VA. The proposed revision clarifies and simplifies debt collection standards and reflects changes to Federal debt collection procedures under the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. VA also proposes to revise regulations pertaining to the administration of regional office Committees on Waivers and Compromises, as well as a regulation pertaining to delegations of authority to the Assistant Secretary for Management.

The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under the Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that

Mon, Dec 29 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Dated: December 19, 2003.

By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 0331815 Filed 122403; 8:45 am]
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that

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meeting will be held in room 630. The meeting is open to the public.

The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding the needs of women veterans with respect to health care, rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, and other programs and activities administered by VA designed to meet such needs. The Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary regarding such programs and activities.

On January 27, the agenda will include briefings and updates on issues related to women veterans' issues in VA Veterans Health Administration, research studies on women veterans' health, the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) process, focus group site visits, the Stakeholder Engagement Survey administered by the General Services Administration, and presentations of Certificates of Appointment to two new Committee members. On January 28, the Committee will be briefed on legislative issues affecting women veterans, compensation and pension bene

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Mon, Dec 29 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e) (4)) requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending the system of records entitled, ``Agent Orange RegistryVA'' (105VA131) as set forth in the Federal Register 66 FR 36533656 dated January 16, 2001. VA is amending the system by revising the System Location, the Categories of Individuals Covered by this System, the Authority for Maintenance of the System, the Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses, and the Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining and Disposing of Records in the System. VA is republishing the system notice in its entirety.

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Mon, Dec 29 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e) (4)) requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending the system of records entitled ``Ionizing Radiation RegistryVA'' (69VA131) as set forth Federal Register 56 FR 26186 dated June 6, 1991, and last amended in the Federal Register 66 FR 3027130273 dated June 5, 2001. VA is amending the system by revising the System Location, the Categories of Individuals Covered by this System, the Authority for Maintenance of the System, the Purpose(s) of the system, the Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses, and the Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining and Disposing of Records in the System. VA is republishing the system notice in its entirety.