[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47769-47770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22730]


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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: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 
2, notice is hereby given that there will be a closed meeting of the 
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on 
Thursday, September 23, 1999. The Judges Panel is composed of nine 
members prominent in the field of quality management and appointed by 
the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of this meeting is to review the 
consensus process, determine possible conflict of interest for site 
visited companies, select applicants for site visits, begin stage III 
of the judging process, and review feedback to first stage applicants. 
The applications under review contain trade secrets and proprietary 
commercial information submitted to the Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene September 23, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. and 
adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on September 23, 1999. The entire meeting will be 
closed.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
April 26, 1999, that the meeting of the Judges Panel will be closed 
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory

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Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as amended by Section 5(c) of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409. The meeting, which 
involves examination of records and discussion of Award applicant data, 
may be closed to the public in accordance with Section 552b(c)(4) of 
Title 5, United States Code, since the meeting is likely to disclose 
trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a 
person and privileged or confidential.

    Dated: August 23, 1999.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 99-22730 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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