[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 127 (Monday, July 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16530]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldridge 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 Baldridge National Quality Award on 
Wednesday, August 2, 2001. 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 discuss the 
criteria for moving applicants to consensus/site visits; review of 
Stage I process; a review of Stage I data and selection of applicants 
for consensus; a report on segmentation of Judges survey data; a 
discussion of the draft issue sheet on CEO engagement; a discussion of 
the draft flowchart for the November process; and a review of senior 
training. The applications under review contain trade secrets and 
proprietary commercial information submitted to the Government in 
confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene August 2, 2001, at 9 a.m. and adjourn 
at 4:30 p.m. on August 2, 2001. The entire meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Chemistry Building, Training Room 1, 
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 
February 12, 2001, 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, Pub. 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 552b(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: June 26, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-16530 Filed 6-29-01; 8:45 am]
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