[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50961-50962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21336]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

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 Visiting Committee on Advanced 
Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet Wednesday, September 13, 2000 from 8:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 
Thursday, September 14, 2000 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology is composed of fourteen members 
appointed by the Director of NIST; who are eminent in such fields as 
business, research, new product development, engineering, labor, 
education, management consulting, environment, and international 
relations. The purpose of this meeting is to review and make 
recommendations regarding general policy for the Institute, 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 NIST programs; an in-
depth review of the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory; an in-
depth review of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; a 
Report from the Chair of the Board on Assessment, an in-depth review of 
Technology Services; and a laboratory tour. Discussions scheduled to 
begin at 4:30 p.m. and to end at 5:30 p.m. on September 13, 2000 and to 
begin at 8:00 a.m. and to end at 12:15 p.m. on September 14, 2000, on 
staffing of management positions at NIST, the NIST budget, including 
funding levels of the Advanced Technology Program and the Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership, and feedback sessions will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene September 13, 2000 at 8:15 a.m. and 
will adjourn at 12:15 p.m. on September 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Radio Building, Room 1107 
(seating capacity 60, includes 35 participants), National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet R. Russell, Administrative 
Coordinator, Visiting Committee on

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Advanced Technology, 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 
July 12, 2000, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting Committee 
on Advanced Technology which involve discussion of proposed funding of 
the Advanced Technology Program and the Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership 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 the staffing 
issues of management and other positions at NIST 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: August 14, 2000.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 00-21336 Filed 8-21-00; 8:45 am]
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