[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 34426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12040]


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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 Wednesday, June 5, 2002. 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 2002 Baldrige Award Cycle; Discussion of 
Senior Examiner Training for Site Visits and Final Judging Interaction; 
Judges' Survey of Applicants; and Judging Process Improvement. The 
applications under review contain trade secrets and proprietary 
commercial information submitted to the Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June 5, 2002 at 11 a.m. and adjourn at 
4:30 p.m. on June 5, 2002. 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 11, 2002, 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, Public Law 94-409. The meeting, which involves 
examination of Award applicant data from U.S. companies and a 
discussion of this data as compared to the Award criteria in order to 
recommend Award recipients, may be closed to the public in accordance 
with Section 552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States Code, because the 
meetings are likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or 
financial information obtained from a person which is privileged or 
confidential.

    Dated: May 6, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-12040 Filed 5-13-02; 8:45 am]
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