[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25496]


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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: Pusurant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 
2, notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm 
Baldridge National Quality Award will meet on: Monday, October 6, 1997, 
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, October 7, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. 
to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, October 8, 1997, from 8:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; 
and Thursday, October 9, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Judges 
Panel is composed of nine members prominent in the field of quality 
management and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The Panel's 
agenda includes reviewing the 1997 award process and final judging of 
1997 applicants, including a review of each of the 1997 site visits. 
The review process involves examination of records and discussions of 
applicant data, and will be closed to the public in accordance with 
Section 552b(c) (4) of Title 5, United States Code. .

DATES: The meeting will convene October 6, 1997, at 9:00 a.m. and 
adjourn at 3:00 p.m. on October 9, 1997.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, National Quality Program, 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 
February 10, 1997, that the meeting of the Judges Panel will be closed 
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. app. 2, section 10(d) for those portions of the meeting which 
involve examination of records and discussion with section 552b(c) (4) 
of Title 5, United States Code, since those portions of the meeting are 
likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial 
information obtained from a person which is privileged or confidential.

    Dated: September 22, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-25496 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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