[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26698]


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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 the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award will meet Tuesday, November 13, 2001, 9 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, November 14, 2001, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, 
November 15, 2001, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Friday, November 16, 2001, 8 
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 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 
site visit process, review the final judging process and meeting 
procedures, final judging of the 2001 applicants, learnings and 
improvements for 2002, and update on the 2002 program. The review 
process involves examination of records and discussions of applicant 
data, and will be closed to the public in accordance with Section 
552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States Code.

DATES: The meeting will convene November 13, 2001 at 9 a.m. and adjourn 
at 3 p.m. on November 16, 2001. The entire meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Building 222, Red Training Room, 
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: October 16, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-26698 Filed 10-22-01; 8:45 am]
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