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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 
2, notice is hereby given that there will be a closed meeting of the 
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on Tuesday, 
June 14, 1994. The Judges Panel is composed of nine members prominent 
in the field of quality management and appointed by the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology. The purpose of this 
meeting is to begin the review process of the 1994 Award applicants to 
be recommended as Award winners. The applications under review contain 
trade secrets and proprietary commercial information submitted to the 
Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June 14, 1994, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn 
at 4 p.m. on June 14, 1994. The entire meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Curt W. Reimann, Director for Quality Programs, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, telephone 
number (301) 975-2036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
March 3, 1994, that the meeting of the Panel of Judges will be closed 
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. app. 2, as amended by Section 5(c) of the Government in the 
Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409. The meeting, which involves 
examination of records and discussion of Award applicant data, may be 
closed to the public in accordance with Section 552b(c)(4) of Title 5, 
United States Code, since the meeting is likely to disclose trade 
secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person 
and privileged or confidential.

    Dated: May 17, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-12551 Filed 5-20-94; 8:45 am]
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