FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards VA 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/VAFACA1352.xml) ][ Federated Name : (urn:www.va.gov:agency:70:committee:1352:) ][ Agency Name : (Department of Veterans Affairs) ][ Agency Acronym : (VA) ][ Agency Domain : (www.va.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.va.gov ) ][ Committee Name : (Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards) ][ Committee Type : (Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board) ][ Committee Web Site : () ][ Goal? : (no) ][ Vision? : (no) ][ Mission? : (yes) ] Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov Not Available 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 The Committee supports VA's mission and strategic plan by assessing current scientific literature and available research on certain environmental hazards to determine whether those hazards, when encountered by military service personnel, may produce chronic diseases or disabilities after those personnel leave active military service. These assessments may lead to improvements in VA's disability compensation system by expanding the official list of presumptive disabilities. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 Not Available e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com