[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28500]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Technology Administration


Under Secretary for Technology, National Medal of Technology 
Nomination Evaluation Committee; Notice of Determination for Closure of 
Meeting

    The National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee 
has scheduled a meeting for December 16, 1996.
    The Committee was established to assist the Department in executing 
its responsibilities under 15 U.S.C. 3711. Under this provision, the 
Secretary is responsible for recommending to the President prospective 
recipients of the National medal of Technology. The Committee's 
recommendations are made after reviewing all nominations received in 
response to a public solicitation. The Committee is chartered to have 
twelve members.

TIME AND PLACE: The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 
p.m. on December 16, 1996. The meeting will be held in Room 4830 at the 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katie Wolf, Director, National Medal of Technology, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Herbert C. Hoover 
Building, Room 4823, Washington, D.C. 20230, (202-482-3953).
    If a member of the public would like to submit written comments 
concerning the committee's affairs at any time before and after the 
meeting, written comments should be addressed to the Director of the 
National Metal of Technology as indicated above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be closed to discuss the 
relative merits of persons and companies nominated for the Medal. 
Public disclosure of this information would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of the National Medal of Technology program 
because premature publicity about candidates under consideration for 
the Medal, who may or may not ultimately receive the award, would be 
likely to discourage nominations for the Medal.
    Accordingly, I find and determine, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as amended, that the 
December 16, 1996, meeting may be closed to the public in accordance 
with Section 552b(c)(9)(B) of Title 5, United States Code because 
revealing information about Medal candidates would be likely to 
significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action.
    Due to the closure of the meeting, copies of the minutes of the 
meeting will not be available, however a copy of the Notice of 
Determination will be available for public inspection and copying in 
the office of Katie Wolf, Director, National Medal of Technology, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Herbert Hoover Building, Room 4823, 
Washington, D.C. 20230, (Ph: 202-482-3953).

    Dated: October 30, 1996.
Kelly Carnes,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 96-28500 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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