[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57794-57795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23269]


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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 Wednesday, October 9, 2002, from 8 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 update the board on the latest program developments at 
MEP and to have a panel of outside experts discuss the ``state of small 
manufacturing'' and how it is affected by the economy, the current 
state of the trade deficit and how productivity within firms is 
changing. Discussions scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and to end at 9:15 
a.m. and to begin at 2:30 p.m. and to end at 3:30 p.m. on October 9, 
2002, on personnel issues and proprietary budget information will be 
closed. 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, email 
address and phone number to Carolyn Peters no later than Monday, 
October 7, 2002, and she will provide you with instructions for 
admittance. Ms. Peter's address is [email protected] and her 
phone number is 301/975-5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene October 9, 2002 at 8 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 3:30 p.m. on October 9, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Lecture Room A, 
Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please 
note admittance instructions under SUMMARY paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Acierto, Senior Policy Advisor, 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 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

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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: September 6, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-23269 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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