[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26874-26875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12376]



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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 [[Page 26875]] be a closed 
meeting of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Award on Thursday, June 15, 1995. The Judges Panel is composed of nine 
members prominent in the field of quality management and appointed by 
the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of this meeting is to begin the 
review process of the 1995 Award applicants' data and selection of 
applicants for consensus. The applications under review contain trade 
secrets and proprietary commercial information submitted to the 
Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June 15, 1995, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn 
at 4 p.m. on June 15, 1995. 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, P.L. 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 12, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-12376 Filed 5-18-95; 8:45 am]
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