[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11643]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration


Office of Technology Policy; National Medal of Technology 
Nomination Evaluation Committee; Notice of Determination for Closure of 
Meeting

    The National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee 
has scheduled a meeting for May 22, 2000.
    The Committee was established to assist the Department in executing 
its responsibility under 15 U.S.C. 3711. Under the provision, the 
Secretary is responsible for recommending to the President prospective 
recipients of the National Medal of Technology. The committee's 
recommendations are made after reviewing all nominations received in 
response to a public solicitation. The Committee is chartered to have 
twelve members.
    Time and Place: The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. 
on May 22, 2000. The meeting will be held in Room 4807 at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20230. For further information contact: S.J. Dapkunas, Acting 
Director National Medal of Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4226, 
Washington, D.C. 20230, Phone: 202-482-1424.
    If a member of the public would like to submit written comments 
concerning the committee's affairs at any time before and after the 
meeting, written comments should be addressed to the Acting Director of 
the National Medal of Technology as indicated above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, have formally determined, 
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. app. 2, as amended, that this meeting may be properly closed 
because it is concerned with matters that are within the purview of 5 
U.S.C. 522(c)(9)(b). Specifically, it was determined that the meeting 
may be closed to the public because revealing information about Medal 
candidates would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of 
a proposed agency action. A copy of the determination is available for 
public inspection in the Central Reference and Records Inspection 
Facility, Room 6219, Main Commerce.
    In particular, the meeting will be closed to discuss the relative 
merits of persons and companies nominated for the Medal. Public 
disclosure of this information would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of the National Medal of Technology program 
because premature publicity about candidates under consideration for 
the Medal, who may or may not ultimately receive the award, would be 
likely to discourage nominations for the Medal.
    Due to closure of the meeting, copies of the minutes of the meeting 
will not be available, however a copy of the Notice of Determination 
will be available for public inspection and copying in the office of 
S.J. Dapkunas, Acting Director, National Medal of Technology, 1401 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Herbert Hoover Building, Room 4226, 
Washington, D.C. 20230, (Phone: 202-482-1424).

Kelly H. Carnes,
Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 00-11643 Filed 5-9-00; 8:45 am]
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