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 National Research Advisory Council VA 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/VAFACA5293.xml) ][ Federated Name : (urn:www.va.gov:agency:70:committee:5293:) ][ Agency Name : (Department of Veterans Affairs) ][ Agency Acronym : (VA) ][ Agency Domain : (www.va.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.va.gov ) ][ Committee Name : (National Research Advisory Council) ][ Committee Type : (Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board) ][ Committee Web Site : () ][ Goal? : (yes) ][ Vision? : (yes) ][ Mission? : (yes) ] Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov The Council includes knowledgeable VA- and non-VA experts, and Veterans’ community representatives with special qualifications and competence to deal effectively with medical research and development issues in VA. Additionally, the Council has one Veteran as a member thereby assuring that important perspective on the health problems of Veterans. Close attention was given to equitable geographic distribution and to ethnic and gender representation. Membership provides a balance of views and a range of expertise essential to attaining the stated goals of the Council. The Office of Research and Development (OR&D)convenes periodic meetings of the Council to provide external consultation and review for VA’s research mission. The Council provides advice and makes recommendations to the Chief Research and Development Officer, the Under Secretary for Health and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, concerning the nature and scope of Research and Development activities. Since this Council is a policy and not a review board, it does not consider specific research proposals. The Council periodically forwards letters to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs expressing concern about specific research issues. As advisory to the Secretary and Under Secretary for Health, the Council conducts an annual assessment of the VA ORD's Research Program as part of the Performance Assessment Rating Tool process. The Council discussed the balance of the research, which ranges from specific health concerns of military personnel returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan to health issues facing older Veterans. 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 Research is a key mission component for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Council supports VA's mission by monitoring the productivity, efficiency, and outcomes of the VA research program, and making recommendations for improvements or new initiatives. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 The Council helps to ensure that the Office of Research and Development has an appropriate balance of fundamental, applied and outcomes medical research and that it utilizes rigorous scientific merit review processes thus ensuring the allocation of scarce public resources to proposals of the highest quality in areas of the greatest scientific opportunities. 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