[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37246-37247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18142]


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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 7, 1996. The Judges Panel is composed of nine members 
prominent in the field of quality management and appointed

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by the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of this meeting is to review 
the 1996 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 7, 1996, at 8:00 a.m. and 
adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on August 7, 1996. The entire meeting will be 
closed.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Harry Hertz, Director for Quality 
Programs, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899, telephone number (301) 975-2361.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
March 29, 1996, 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 11, 1996.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 96-18142 Filed 7-16-96; 8:45 am]
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