[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 1967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-929]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Advanced Technology Program Advisory Committee; Meeting

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 Advanced Technology Program Advisory 
Committee, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet Wednesday, January 30, 2002, from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The 
Advanced Technology Program Advisory Committee is composed of seven 
members appointed by the Director of NIST; who are eminent in such 
fields as business, research, new product development, engineering, 
education, and management consulting. The purpose of this meeting is to 
review and make recommendations regarding general policy for the 
Advanced Technology Program (ATP), 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 an 
update on the ATP competition, an overview of the NIST Industrial 
Liaison Office, a presentation from the National Governors Association 
on efforts to assist states develop innovative strategies for science 
and technology, a presentation from Harvard University on the funding 
gap as it relates to states and universities, and a presentation from 
the State Science and Technology Institute on existing state S&T 
strategies. Discussions scheduled to begin at 8:45 a.m. and to end at 
9:50 a.m. and to begin at 3:00 p.m. and to end at 3:45 p.m. on January 
30, 2002 on the ATP budget issues and staffing of positions will be 
closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene January 30, 2002, at 8:45 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 3:45 p.m. on January 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Employees' Lounge, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet R. Russell, 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 
January 3, 2002 that portions of the meeting of the Advanced Technology 
Program Advisory Committee which involve discussion of proposed funding 
of the Advanced Technology 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 staffing of 
positions in ATP 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 clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.

    Dated: January 9, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-929 Filed 1-14-02; 8:45 am]
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