[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 170 (Thursday, August 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 52986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22348]


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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 21, 2000. 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, review feedback to first stage applicants, a 
debriefing on the State and Local Workshop, and an update on 2001 
criteria. The application under review contain trade secrets and 
proprietary commercial information submitted to the Government in 
confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene September 21, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. and 
adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on September 21, 2000. The entire meeting will be 
closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Red Training Room, Chemistry Building, 
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 
March 31, 2000, that the meeting of the Judges Panel will be closed 
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. app. 2, as amended by Section 5(c) of the Government in the 
Sunshine Act, P.L. 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 522b(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 25, 2000.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 00-22348 Filed 8-30-00; 8:45 am]
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