[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58438-58439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29167]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

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 Visiting Committee on Advanced 
Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet Tuesday, December 11, 2001 from 8:25 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and 
Wednesday, December 12, 2001 from 8;15 a.m. to Noon. The Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology is composed of thirteen members 
appointed by the Director of NIST; who are eminent in such fields as 
business, research, new product development, engineering, labor, 
education, management consulting, environment, and international 
relations. The purpose of this meeting is to review and make 
recommendations regarding general policy for the Institute, its 
organization, its budget, and its programs within the framework of 
applicable national policies as set forth by the President and the 
Congress. The agenda will include a NIST Update, Progress on Strategic 
Planning, NIST Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism Activities, 
Internal IT Services Cross-Cut Review, and The Future of Nanotechnolgoy 
at NIST. Discussions scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m. end at 5:15 p.m. 
on December 11, 2001 and to begin at 8:15 a.m. and to end at Noon on 
December 12, 2001, on staffing of management positions at NIST, the 
NIST budget, including funding levels of the Advanced Technology 
Program and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and feedback 
sessions will be closed.

DATES:  The meeting will convene December 11, 2001 at 8:25 a.m. and 
will adjourn at Noon on December 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge, 
Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Janet R. Russell, Administrative 
Coordinator, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1004, 
telephone number (301) 975-2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
February 12, 2001, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology which involve discussion of proposed 
funding of the Advanced Technology Program and the Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership Program may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(9)(B), because those portions of the meetings will divulge 
matters the premature disclosure of which would be likely to 
significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions; and 
that portions of meetings which involve discussion of the staffing 
issues of management and other positions at NIST may be closed in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because divulging information 
discussed in those portions of the meetings is likely to reveal 
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a 
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unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Dated: November 15, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-29167 Filed 11-20-01; 8:45am]
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