Notice2024-06646
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting
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Published
March 28, 2024
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Veterans Affairs Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21661-21662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06646]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10, that the annual
meeting of the Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be
held May 8-9, 2024. The meeting sessions will begin and end as follows:
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Date(s): Time(s): Location(s) Open to the public
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May 8, 2024....................... 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Andersonville National Yes.
Eastern Standard Time Cemetery, 496 Cemetery
(EST). Road, Andersonville, GA
31711.
May 8, 2024....................... 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. EST Fort Moore Post Cemetery, No.
64-66 Custer Road,
Columbus, GA 31905.
May 8, 2024....................... 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST Fort Mitchell National Yes.
Cemetery, 553 Highway
165, Fort Mitchell, AL
36856.
May 9, 2024....................... 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST Marriott Columbus, 800 Yes.
Front Avenue, Columbus,
GA 31901.
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Sessions are open to the public, except when the Committee is
conducting a tour of the Fort Moore Post Cemetery. The Fort Moore Post
Cemetery tour has enhanced opportunities for interactions that would
implicate privacy and personal information disclosure concerns. Tours
of VA facilities are generally closed when it is necessary to protect
privacy and personal information. 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Accordingly this
tour is a closed session of the Committee.
The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits.
The Committee makes recommendations to the Secretary regarding such
activities.
On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, the Committee will convene an open
session from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST with tours to Andersonville
National Cemetery and Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. The Committee
will convene a closed session from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. EST. The
Committee will reconvene in an open session from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
EST at the Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. Transportation will not be
provided for the public.
On Thursday, May 9, 2024, the Committee will convene an open
session from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. The agenda will include
remarks by National Cemetery Administration leadership, and briefings
from the Office of Cemetery Operations and Field Programs, Office of
Engagement and Memorial Innovation, as well as the status of committee
recommendations, public comments, and open discussion.
Any member of the public seeking additional information should
contact Ms. Faith Hopkins, Designated Federal Officer, at 202-603-4499.
Please leave a voice mail message. The Committee will also accept
written comments. Comments may be transmitted electronically to the
Committee at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3c5c2cad7cb8dcbccd3c8cacdd0e3d5c28dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="096f68607d61276166796260677a497f68276e667f">[email protected]</span></a>. In the public's communications with
the Committee, the writers must identify themselves and state the
organizations, associations, or persons they represent.
Any member of the public who wishes to attend the meeting virtually
on May 9, 2024, may use the following Cisco Webex Meeting Link:
Join On Your Computer Or Mobile App: <a href="https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mfa919558f3ede94e324627e9f21022ec">https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mfa919558f3ede94e324627e9f21022ec</a>.
Meeting number: 2824 163 0470
Password: GYpUMKK$648
Join by phone: 404-397-1596
Access code: 2824 163 0470
Dated: March 25, 2024.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-06646 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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