[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18754-18755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8914]


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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, May 10, 2001 from 8 am to 3:30 
pm. The MEPNAB is composed of nine 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 purpose of this 
meeting is to look at center marketing and sales operations from the 
national perspective and what NIST MEP is planning and what best 
practices can be shared across the system. The Board will also hear 
progress of MEP's new market research project. Discussions scheduled to 
begin at 8 am and to end at 9:30 am and to begin at 2:30 pm and to end 
at 3:30 pm on May 10, 2001, on personnel issues and proprietary budget 
information will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene May 10, 2001 at 8 am and will adjourn 
at 3:30 pm on May 10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gaithersburg Marriott 
Washingtonian Center, Salon A, 9751 Washingtonian Boulevard, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878.

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

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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: April 5, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-8914 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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