[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 110 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14253]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology; Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: On May 13, 1996, a Notice of Public Meeting was issued in the 
Federal Register, Vol. 61, No. 93, which due to exceptional 
circumstances as described under Special Provisions of 41 CFR 101-
6.1015(b)(2), will now be partially closed. Pursuant to the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Visiting Committee 
on Advanced Technology (NIST) will meet on Tuesday, June 11, 1996, from 
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Wednesday, June 12, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 9:30 a.m. The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology is composed 
of fifteen members appointed by the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology who are eminent in such fields as business, 
research, new product development, engineering, labor, education, 
management consulting, environment, and international relations. The 
purpose of this meeting is to review and make recommendations regarding 
general policy for the Institute, its organization, its budget, and its 
programs within the framework of applicable national policies as set 
forth by the President and the Congress. On June 11, 1996, the agenda 
will include strategic planning for standards in trade; an update on 
NIST programs by NIST Director Prabhakar; presentations on Information 
Technology and Biotechnology; predictions about the future of the 
internet; impact of advancing technology on metrology needs; and a 
laboratory tour. The presentation on standards in trade strategic plan 
scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 9:45 a.m., on June 11, 1996, 
will be closed. On June 12, 1996, the agenda will include presentations 
on the ATP Focused Program, Tools for DNA Diagnostics and the Baldrige 
Pilot Programs in Education and Health Care.

DATES: The meeting will convene June 11, 1996, at 8:30 a.m., and will 
adjourn at 9:30 a.m. on June 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge (seating 
capacity 80, includes 38 participants), Administration Building, at 
NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris E. Kuyatt, Visiting Committee Executive Director, NIST, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, telephone number (301) 975-6090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on May 
31, 1996, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting Committee on 
Advanced Technology which involve discussion of concerns of planning 
for standards in national and international trade, including proposed 
funding levels and administration of the plan may be closed in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B). The exceptional circumstances 
which require closure with less than 15 days notice of the presentation 
on standards in trade strategic plan are policy decisions which have 
required alteration of the plan.

    Dated: June 3, 1996.
Robert E. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 96-14253 Filed 6-5-96; 8:45 am]
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