[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11894]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
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 Wednesday, 
June 2, 1999. The Board of Overseers is composed of eleven 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 this meeting is 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 roles and responsibilities of Judges and Overseers; 
information transfer through QE XI, regional conferences, state, local 
and international networks; discussion of proposed program changes 
including three award/category cap; health care and education efforts 
including first year progress, fund-raising, and 2000 criteria; and 
1999 Award criteria changes and future criteria evolution.

DATES: The meeting will convene June 2, 1999, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn 
at 4:00 p.m. on June 2, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building Tenth Floor 
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.

    Dated: May 4, 1999.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 99-11894 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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