[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 9638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4745]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Advanced Technology Program Advisory Committee

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 Tuesday, March 11, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The Advanced 
Technology Program Advisory Committee is composed of ten 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 
International Panel on Funding R&D Projects, a Competition Update and 
Program Evaluation Methods (Tool Kit). Discussions scheduled to begin 
at 9 a.m. and to end at 10 a.m. and to begin at 2:40 p.m. and to end at 
3:45 p.m. on March 11, 2003, on ATP budget issues will be closed. 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, March 6, 2003, and she will provide you with 
instructions for admittance. Ms. Peters's email address is 
[email protected] and her phone number is 301/975-5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene March 11, 2003, at 9 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 3:45 p.m. on March 11, 2003.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn J. Peters, 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 
February 19, 2003, 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 that portion will 
divulge matters the premature disclosure of which would be likely to 
significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions.

    Dated: February 20, 2003.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 03-4745 Filed 2-27-03; 8:45 am]
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