[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 228 (Monday, November 25, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 59863] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-30051] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: 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 (NIST) will meet Tuesday, December 10, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Wednesday, December 11, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology is composed of fifteen members appointed by the Director of the NIST 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 December 10, 1996, the agenda will include an update on NIST programs; report on NIST facilities program, report on Applied Technology Program Focused Program: Materials Processing for Heavy Manufacturing, presentation on introduction of advanced structural ceramics, presentation on future of NIST, discussion of the Institute budget; and, on December 11, 1996, laboratory tour of NIST. The discussion on the Institute budget scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m., on December 10, 1996, will be closed. DATES: The meeting will convene December 10, 1996, at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 10:00 a.m. on December 11, 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, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 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 August 15, 1996, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology which involve discussion of proposed funding of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Applied Technology Program may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because those portions of the meetings will divulge matters the premature disclosure of which would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions; and that portions of meetings which involve discussion of the staffing issues of management and other positions at NIST may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because divulging information discussed in those portions of the meetings is likely to reveal information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Dated: November 19, 1996. Samuel Kramer, Associate Director. [FR Doc. 96-30051 Filed 11-22-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-M