[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47451-47452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22857]


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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 20, 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 review the 
consensus process, select applicants for site visits, determine 
possible conflict of interest for site visited companies, begin stage 
III of the judging process, review feedback to first stage applicants, 
a debriefing on the State and Local Workshop, an E-Baldrige 
demonstration, and 2001 Regionals Sign-Up. The applications under 
review contain trade secrets and proprietary commercial information 
submitted to the Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene September 20, 2001 at 9 a.m. and 
adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on September 20, 2001. The entire meeting will be 
closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and

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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 
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: September 4, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
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