[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42007-42008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17902]


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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, July 31, 2003. 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, provide guidance for the 
Examiners on scoring, summary of feedback to Judges from the 2003 
Teamleaders' calls, discuss flowchart for November process and 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 
28, 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 July 31, 2003 at 8 a.m. and adjourn at 
4:30 p.m. on July 31, 2003. 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.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
December 3, 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, Pub. L. 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 9, 2003.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-17902 Filed 7-15-03; 8:45 am]
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