[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4395]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Under Secretary for Technology; National Medal of Technology 
Nomination Evaluation Committee; Notice of Open Meeting

    The National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee 
has scheduled a meeting for March 7, 1997.
    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 and based on criteria made available 
to the public through nomination application forms. From time to time 
the Committee convenes to evaluate the criteria and nomination process 
to ensure continued relevance to the current environment for 
technological innovation. The Committee is chartered to have twelve 
members.

TIME AND PLACE: The meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. and end at 2:00 
p.m. on March 7, 1997. The meeting will be held in Room 1411 at the 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

Agenda

    1. Review existing criteria, categories, and procedures for 
nominating candidates for the National Medal of Technology.
    2. Make recommendations for revisions to the nomination criteria, 
categories and procedures for the National Medal of Technology to be 
forwarded to the Under Secretary of Technology.

Public Participation

    The meeting will be open to public participation and the last 
thirty minutes will be set aside for oral comments or questions. Seats 
will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the 
public may submit written comments concerning the committee's affairs 
at any time before and after the meeting. A copy of the minutes will be 
available for public inspection and copying in the National Medal of 
Technology Program Office by April 4, 1997. Inquires should be 
addressed to the Director of the National Medal of Technology as 
indicated below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katie Wolf, Director, National Medal of Technology, U.S. Department of 
Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Herbert C. Hoover, Building, Room 4823, Washington, DC 20230, 
phone: 202/482-5572, email:[email protected].

    Dated: February 14, 1997.
Graham R. Mitchell,
Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-4395 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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