[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-428]


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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, January 17, 2002, from 8:00 a.m. 
to 3:30 p.m. 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 hear about latest developments, status of plans for 2002 
and the logic, background, progress and goals of the 360vu brand. There 
will also be a presentation on findings from a technology extension 
pilot partnering. Discussions scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. and to 
end at 9:30 a.m. and to begin at 2:30 p.m. and to end at 3:30 p.m. on 
January 17, 2002, on personnel issues and proprietary budget 
information will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene January 17, 2002 at 8:00 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 3:30 p.m. on January 17, 2002.

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

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 
January 3, 2002, 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 
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: January 3, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-428 Filed 1-4-02; 8:45 am]
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