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EDITORIAL NOTE: The Department of Veterans Affairs did not meet the publication deadline for submitting updated information of its activities, functions, and sources of information as required by the automatic disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1)(A)). DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420 Phone, 202–273–4800. Internet, www.va.gov. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS JAMES B. PEAKE Chief of Staff THOMAS G. BOWMAN Deputy Secretary GORDON H. MANSFIELD General Counsel PAUL J. HUTTER Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals GARY KRUMP Chairman, Board of Veterans’ Appeals JAMES P. TERRY Vice Chairman, Board of Veterans’ Appeals RON GARVIN Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged SCOTT F. DENNISTON Business Utilization Director, Center for Minority Veterans LUCRETIA MCCLENNEY Director, Center for Women Veterans IRENE TROWELL-HARRIS Director, Office of Employment Discrimination CHARLES R. DELOBE Complaint Adjudication Assistant to the Secretary, Office of Regulation ROBERT C. MCFETRIDGE, Acting Policy and Management Inspector General GEORGE J. OPFER Veterans’ Service Organizations Liaison MARVIN GILLETTE Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health MICHAEL J. KUSSMAN Administration Deputy Under Secretary for Health GERALD M. CROSS Deputy Under Secretary for Health for WILLIAM F. FEELEY Operations and Management Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits PATRICK DUNNE, Acting Administration Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits RONALD R. AUMENT Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, National WILLIAM F. TUERK Cemetery Administration Deputy Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs RICHARD A. WANNEMACHER, JR. Assistant Secretary for Management ROBERT J. HENKE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary RITA A. REED Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget DANIEL A. TUCKER Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance EDWARD J. MURRAY Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition JAN R. FRYE and Logistics Assistant Secretary for Information and ROBERT T. HOWARD Technology Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information STEVE WARREN and Technology 348 VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214669 PO 00000 Frm 00358 Fmt 6995 Sfmt 6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.043 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 349 Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for SCOTT CRAGG Information Technology Enterprise Architecture Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for (VACANCY) Policies, Portfolio Oversight, and Execution Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for JEFF SHYSHKA Information Technology Operations Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for e- SALLY WALLACE Government/Records Management Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for (VACANCY) Cyber and Information Security Deputy Chief Information Officer for JOE NOSARI National Cemetery Administration Deputy Chief Information Officer for (VACANCY) Veterans Health Administration Deputy Chief Information Officer for DON WILLIAMS Veterans Benefits Administration Director, Austin Automation Center LINDA VOGES Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and PATRICK DUNNE Preparedness Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and (VACANCY) Planning Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and KAREN W. PANE Evaluation Director, Office of Emergency Management KEVIN HANRETTA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security and JOHN H. BAFFA Law Enforcement Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and MICHAEL W. HAGER Administration Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for GARY A. STEINBERG Human Resources and Administration Director, Office of Administration CONSTANTINE G. VERENES Deputy Director, Office of Administration CATHERINE BIGGS-SILVERS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diversity SUSAN C. MCHUGH Management and Equal Employment Opportunity Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human WILLIE L. HENSLEY Resources Management and Labor Relations Associate Deputy Assistant for Human BARBARA PANTHER Resources Management and Labor Relations Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for (VACANCY) Human Resources Management and Labor Relations Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for MEGHAN FLANTS Labor Management Relations Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resolution RAFAEL A. TORRES Management Assistant Secretary for Public and LISETTE M. MONDELLO Intergovernmental Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (VACANCY) VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214669 PO 00000 Frm 00359 Fmt 6995 Sfmt 6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.043 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT 350 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL Deputy Assistant Secretary for WILLIAM W. MCLEMORE Intergovernmental and International Affairs Director, Center for Faith-Based and DARIN S. SELNICK Community Initiatives Assistant Secretary for Congressional and CHRISTINE O. HILL, Acting Legislative Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional CHRISTINE O. HILL and Legislative Affairs The Department of Veterans Affairs operates programs to benefit veterans and members of their families. Benefits include compensation payments for disabilities or death related to military service; pensions; education and rehabilitation; home loan guaranty; burial; and a medical care program incorporating nursing homes, clinics, and medical centers. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs, and services by minority was established as an executive veterans and assessing the needs of department by the Department of minority group members. The work of Veterans Affairs Act (38 U.S.C. 201 the Center focuses on the unique and note). It is comprised of three special needs of five distinct groups of organizations that administer veterans veterans: African-Americans, Hispanics, programs: the Veterans Health Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Administration, the Veterans Benefits Native Americans, which include Administration, and the National American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Cemetery Administration. Each and Alaska Natives. organization has field facilities and a Center for Women Veterans The central office component. Center for Women Veterans was established under Public Law 103–446 Activities (108 Stat. 4645) and acts as the Cemeteries The National Cemetery Secretary’s primary adviser on women Administration (NCA) is responsible for veterans issues and evaluates VA more than 120 national cemeteries programs, policies, legislation, and nationwide. Burial in a national practices to ensure that they are cemetery is available to veterans, their responsive and accessible to eligible spouses, and dependent children. At no women veterans. cost to the family, a national cemetery Health Services The Veterans Health burial includes the gravesite, grave-liner, Administration provides hospital, nursing opening and closing of the grave, home, and domiciliary care, and headstone or marker, and perpetual care outpatient medical and dental care to as part of a national shrine. If a veteran eligible veterans of military service in the is buried in a private cemetery, Armed Forces. It conducts both anywhere in the world, NCA will individual medical and health-care provide a headstone or marker. NCA’s delivery research projects and multi- State Cemetery Grants Program provides hospital research programs, and it assists funds to establish, expand, or improve in the education of physicians and State-operated veterans cemeteries. dentists and with training of many other Presidential Memorial Certificates health care professionals through honoring the veteran may be requested affiliations with educational institutions from NCA. and organizations. Center for Minority Veterans The Veterans Benefits The Veterans Center for Minority Veterans was Benefits Administration provides established under Public Law 103–446 information, advice, and assistance to (108 Stat. 4645) and is responsible for veterans, their dependents, beneficiaries, promoting the use of VA benefits, representatives, and others applying for VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214669 PO 00000 Frm 00360 Fmt 6995 Sfmt 6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.043 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT VerDate Aug 312005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt214669 PO00000 Frm00361 Fmt6995 Sfmt6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.043 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL COUNSEL SECRETARY INSPECTOR GENERAL VETERANSINSPECTOR SERVICE ORGANIZATION GENERAL LIAISON CENTERINSPECTOR FOR MINORITY GENERAL VETERANS DEPUTY SECRETARY CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS CENTERINSPECTOR FOR WOMEN GENERAL VETERANS OFFICE OF SMALLINSPECTOR AND DISADVANTAGED GENERAL BUSINESS UTILIZATION OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENTINSPECTOR DISCRIMINATION GENERAL COMPLAINT ADJUDICATION OFFICE OF INSPECTORREGULATION POLICY GENERAL AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT UNDER SECRETARY FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, MEMORIAL AFFAIRS, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OPERATIONS, SECURITY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR POLICY AND PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS AND ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND FOR CONGRESSIONAL PRINCIPAL DEPUTY PRINCIPAL DEPUTY PRINCIPAL DEPUTY PRINCIPAL DEPUTY PRINCIPAL DEPUTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY