[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22896]


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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, September 18, 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 review the consensus process, select 
applicants for site visits, determine possible conflict of interest for 
site visited companies, review feedback to first stage applicants, 
begin stage III of the judging process, a debriefing on the State and 
Local Workshop and a program update. 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, email address and phone number to Virginia Davis no later than 
Monday, September 15, 2003, 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 September 18, 2003 at 9 a.m. and 
adjourn at 3 p.m. on September 18, 2003. It is estimated that the 
closed portion of the meeting will last from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and 
the open portion of the meeting will last from 2 p.m. until 3 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 
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, 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: September 2, 2003.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-22896 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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