[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 82326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33092]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Manufacturing Extension Partnership National Advisory Board

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 Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
National Advisory Board (MEPNAB), National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST), will meet Thursday, January 18, 2001 from 8 a.m. to 
3:30 p.m. The MEPNAB is composed of eight members appointed by the 
Director of NIST who were selected for their expertise in the area of 
industrial extension and their work on behalf of smaller manufacturers. 
The Board was established to fill a need for outside input on MEP. MEP 
is a unique program consisting of centers in all 50 states and Puerto 
Rico. The centers have been created by state, federal, and local 
partnerships. The Board works closely with MEP to provide input and 
advice on MEP's programs, plans, and policies. The agenda will include 
a review by program managers of their programs for 2000 with updates 
and accomplishments in the areas of center management, tool and product 
development and national marketing activities, and a discussion of 
program goals and strategies for 2001. The portion of the meeting which 
involves personnel and proprietary budget information will be closed to 
the general public. All other portions of the meeting will be open to 
the public.

DATES: The meeting will convene January 18, 2001 at 8 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 3:30 p.m. on January 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Tenth Floor Conference Room, 
Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Acierto, Senior Policy Advisor, 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4800, telephone number (301) 
975-5033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel formally determined on 
December 18, 2000, that portions of the meeting which involve 
discussion of proposed funding of the MEP may be closed in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because that portion will divulge matters 
the premature disclosure of which would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions; and that portions 
of the meeting which involve discussion of the staffing of positions in 
MEP may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because 
divulging information discussed in that portion of the meeting is 
likely to reveal information of a personal nature, where disclosure 
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Dated: December 21, 2000.
Raymond G. Kammer,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-33092 Filed 12-29-00; 8:45 am]
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