[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 83 (Friday, April 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24917-24918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10654]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Advanced Technology Program Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION:  Notice of partially 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 the Advanced Technology Program Advisory 
Committee, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet Tuesday, May 16, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Advanced 
Technology Program Advisory Committee is composed of eight members 
appointed by the Director of NIST; who are eminent in such fields as 
business, research, new product development, engineering, education, 
and management consulting. The purpose of this meeting is to review and 
make recommendations regarding general policy for the Advanced 
Technology Program (ATP), its organization, its budget, and its 
programs within the framework of applicable national policies as set 
forth by the President and the Congress.
    The agenda will include an update on ATP; a discussion of the Next 
Generation Mission/Vision; ATP Awardee Demographics--Business Reporting 
System; Finding from Status Report Volume II; ATP Competition Formats; 
and a discussion of 2000 National Meeting--Critical Themes and 
Technology Research Priorities. Discussions scheduled to begin at 8:30 
a.m. and to end at 9:30 a.m. and to begin at 3 p.m. and to end at 5 
p.m. on May 16, 2000, on the ATP budget issues and staffing of 
positions will be closed.

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DATES: The meeting will convene May 16, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 5 p.m. on May 16, 2000.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet R. Russell, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1004; telephone 
number (301) 975-2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
March 30, 2000 that portions of the meeting of the Advanced Technology 
Program Advisory Committee which involve discussion of proposed funding 
of the Advanced Technology Program may be closed in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because those portions of the meetings will 
divulge matters the premature disclosure of which would be likely to 
significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions; and 
that portions of meetings which involve discussion of staffing of 
positions in ATP may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), 
because divulging information discussed in those portions of the 
meetings is likely to reveal information of a personal nature where 
disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.

    Dated: April 24, 2000.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 00-10654 Filed 4-27-00; 8:45 am]
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