Renewal of the Veterans' Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction

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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Veterans' Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction (hereinafter referred to as "the Board"). The Board has been determined to be in the public interest. The Board is a non-discretionary federal advisory committee that shall provide review and oversight of the Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program and make such recommendations on modifications in the mission, procedures, and administration of the Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program as it considers appropriate as a result of the audits conducted under the authority of Section 601(c)(3)(A) of Title VI of Public Law 108-183. The Board shall: a. Conduct periodic, random audits of dose reconstructions under the Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program and of decisions by the Department of Veterans Affairs on claims for service connection of radiogenic diseases; b. Assist the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in communicating to veterans information on the mi