[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99-100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33430]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Advanced Technology Program; Announcement of Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings (proposers' conferences).

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites interested parties to attend public meetings (Proposers' 
Conferences) to learn more about the Advanced Technology Program (ATP). 
ATP partners with industry on high-risk, high technology research in 
technologies ranging from advanced manufacturing to medicine and from 
advanced materials to microelectronics.

DATES: The public meetings will be held on January 30, February 1, and 
February 6, 2001 in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Gaithersburg, respectively. 
The meetings at all three locations will be held from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 
p.m. local time.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the following three locations:

Tuesday, January 30, 2001, Holiday Inn O'Hare International, 5440 N. 
River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018, Tel: 847-671-6350; Fax: 847-671-5406
Thursday, February 1, 2001, Alexis Park, 375 E. Harmon Avenue, Las 
Vegas, NV 89109, Tel: 800-582-2228; Fax: 702-796-4334

(Note: For the meetings in Chicago and Las Vegas, a block of rooms has 
been reserved at the meeting locations at

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room rates of $120 and $125, respectively.)

Tuesday, February 6, 2001, NIST, Green Auditorium, 100 Bureau Drive, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001

    If you plan to attend the meeting in Gaithersburg, a block of rooms 
has been reserved at:

Holiday Inn (room rate: $95), 2 Montgomery Village Avenue, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20879, Tel: 301-948-8900; Fax; 301-258-1940

    To register for a room for any of the three conferences, please 
contact the hotel at least three weeks prior to your arrival date, and 
mention that you are attending the NIST/ATP Meeting.
    Information on the ATP may be obtained from the following address:

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Advanced Technology 
Program, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4701, Administration Building 101, Room 
A413, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4701

    Additionally, information on the ATP is available on the Internet 
at the ATP website http://www.atp.nist.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, you may 
telephone Toni Nashwinter at 301-975-3780 or e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Requests for ATP information, application materials, and/or to have 
your name added to the ATP mailing list for future mailings may also be 
made by:
    (a) Calling the ATP toll-free ``hotline'' number at 1-800-ATP-FUND 
or 1-800-287-3863. You will have the option of hearing recorded 
messages regarding the status of the ATP or speaking to one of our 
customer representatives who will take your name and address. If you 
reach ATP voice mail, please speak distinctly and slowly and spell the 
words that might cause confusion. Leave your phone number as well as 
your name and address;
    (b) Sending a facsimile (fax) to 301-926-9524 or 301-590-3053; or
    (c) Sending electronic mail to [email protected]. Include your name, 
full mailing address, and phone number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988 (Public Law 100-418, 15 U.S.C. 278n), amended by the American 
Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-245), directed the 
establishment of ATP. The purpose of the ATP is to assist United States 
businesses to carry out research and development on high-risk, high-
pay-off, emerging and enabling technologies.
    These public meetings will provide general information regarding 
the ATP, details on the new application process, tips on preparing good 
proposals, and an opportunity for audience questions.
    No registration fee will be charged. The format and content of each 
of the public meetings will be the same.
    Registration for the public meetings is as follows:
    For electronic registration, visit www.nist.gov/conferences. Please 
scroll down the NIST conference listing to find the appropriate date.
    Fax registration form by 1/16/01 to Kimberly Snouffer, 301-948-
2067.
    Mail registration form (Exhibit 1 in ATP Proposal Preparation Kit) 
by 1/16/01 to NIST Conference Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3461, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3461.

    Dated: December 27, 2000.
Raymond G. Kammer,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-33430 Filed 12-29-00; 8:45 am]
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