The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92463, Federal Advisory Committee Act, that a meeting of the Health Services Research and Development Service Merit Review Board will be held march 68, 2007, at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA. Various subcommittees of the Board will meet during that period. Each subcommittee meeting of the Merit Review Board will be open to the public the first day for approximately one halfhour from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. to cover administrative matters and to discuss the general status of the program. The remaining portion of each meeting will be closed. The closed portion of each meeting will involve discussion, examination, reference to, and oral review of the research proposals and critiques.

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The purpose of the Board is to review research and development applications concerned with the measurement and evaluation of health care services, the testing of new methods of health care del ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2006-12-14-06-9663 Thu, Dec 14 2006 11:00:00 GMT