[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 36263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17316]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology


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 
Wednesday, August 9, 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 review the 
1995 Award applications and to select applications to be considered in 
the site visit stage of the evaluation. The applications under review 
contain trade secrets and proprietary commercial information submitted 
to the Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene August 9, 1995, at 8 a.m. and adjourn 
at 5 p.m. on August 9, 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: July 7, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-17316 Filed 7-13-95; 8:45 am]
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