[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-720]


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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 Thursday, January 29, 2004, 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 including a MEP Update, a MEP Metrics Update and Other Agency 
Collaborations. Discussions scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and to end at 
3:30 p.m. on January 29, 2004, on MEP budget issues 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, e-mail address and phone 
number to Carolyn Peters no later than Tuesday, January 27, 2004 and 
she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Ms. Peter's e-
mail address is [email protected] and her phone number is (301) 
975-5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene January 29, 2004 at 8:00 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 3:30 p.m. on January 29, 2004.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hines, Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-4800, telephone number (301) 975-3360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
December 18, 2003, 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 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: January 7, 2004.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 04-720 Filed 1-13-04; 8:45 am]
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