[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28985-28986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13942]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award's Board of Overseers

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public 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 meeting of the Board of 
Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on Monday, 
June 8, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Board of Overseers consists 
of ten members prominent in the field of quality management and 
appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, assembled to advise the 
Secretary of Commerce on the conduct of the Baldrige Award. The purpose 
of the meeting on June 8, 1998, will be for the Board of Overseers to 
discuss and review information received from the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology with the members of the Judges Panel of the 
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Agenda will include 
reviewing the roles and responsibilities of Judges and Overseers; Award 
marketing efforts; discussion of proposed program changes to include 
two award/category cap; health care and education awards including fund 
raising and 1999 criteria; and 1998 Award criteria changes and future 
criteria evolution.

DATE: The meeting will convene June 8, 1998 at 8:30 a.m., and adjourn 
at 4 p.m. on June 8, 1998.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building Conference Room 
(seating capacity 36, includes 24 participants), 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.


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    Dated: May 19, 1998.
Robert E. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-13942 Filed 5-26-98; 8:45 am]
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