[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 47349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18163]


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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 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 Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award will meet Thursday, August 1, 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 discuss the criteria for moving applicants to 
consensus/site visit, review of stage 1 process, review of stage 1 data 
and selection of applicants for consensus, review proposed 
modifications to Judges Survey, discuss internal suppliers, discuss 
flowchart for November process--workload planning, review of senior 
training and discuss summary of Improvement Day. The applications under 
review contain trade secrets and proprietary commercial information 
submitted to the Government in confidence. All visitors to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology site will have to pre-register to 
be admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register 48 
hours in advance in order to be admitted. Please submit your name, time 
of arrival, e-mail address and phone number to Virginia Davis no later 
than Monday, July 29, 2002, and she will provide you with instructions 
for admittance. Ms. Davis' e-mail address is [email protected] 
and her phone number is 301/975-2361.

DATES: The meeting will convene August 1, 2002 at 8 a.m. and adjourn at 
4:30 p.m. on August 1, 2002. It is estimated that the closed portion of 
the meeting will last from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. and the open portion of 
the meeting will last from 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Building 222, Red Training Room, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note admittance instructions under 
SUMMARY paragraph.

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 part of 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: July 15, 2002.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-18163 Filed 7-17-02; 8:45 am]
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