[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 70933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30137]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

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 Visiting Committee on Advanced 
Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet Tuesday, December 10, 2002, from 8:25 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 
Wednesday, December 11, 2002, from 8 a.m. to Noon. The Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology is composed of twelve members 
appointed by the Director of NIST; who are eminent in such fields as 
business, research, new product development, engineering, labor, 
education, management consulting, environment, and international 
relations. The purpose of this meeting is to review and make 
recommendations regarding general policy for the Institute, 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 a NIST Update; an Update on Near-Term 
Strategic Environment; NIST 2010 Implementation--Cross-cutting Themes 
from OU Operational Plan Reviews and Results of Initial Planning Review 
Sessions on Nanotechnology and Homeland Security and a tour of the 
Advanced Measurement Laboratory. Discussions scheduled to begin at 2:45 
p.m. and to end at 5:30 p.m. on December 10, 2002, and to begin at 8 
a.m. and to end at Noon on December 11, 2002, on the NIST budget, 
personnel issues, planning information and feedback sessions will be 
closed. Agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. Final 
agenda will be posted on website. All visitors to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology site will have to pre-register to 
be admitted. Please submit your name, time of arrival, email address 
and phone number to Carolyn Peters no later than Thursday, December 5, 
2002, and she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Mrs. 
Peter's email address is [email protected] and her phone number 
is (301) 975-5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene December 10, 2002 at 8:25 a.m. and will 
adjourn at Noon on December 11, 2002.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn J. Peters, Visiting Committee 
on Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1004, telephone number (301) 975-5607.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
January 16, 2002, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology which involve discussion of proposed 
funding levels of the Advanced Technology Program and the Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership 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 the staffing 
issues of management and other positions at NIST 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: November 20, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-30137 Filed 11-26-02; 8:45 am]
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