[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8383-8384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4001]


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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, March 16, 2004, from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology is composed of fifteen 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 updates on NIST and Management 
Priorities, facilities, NIST Administrative Efficiency and 
Effectiveness, and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, as 
well as tours of the Advanced Measurement Laboratory. Discussions 
scheduled to begin at 8:15 a.m. and to end at 9:25 a.m. and to begin at 
2:45 p.m. to end at 5 p.m. on March 16, on the NIST budget, planning 
information and feedback sessions will be closed. Agenda may change to 
accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the 
NIST Web site. 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, e-mail address and phone number to Carolyn 
Peters no later than Thursday, March 11, 2004, and she will provide you 
with instructions for admittance. Mrs. Peter's e-mail address is 
[email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene March 16 at 8:15 a.m. and will adjourn 
at 5 p.m.

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 
December 24, 2004, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology which deal with

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discussion of sensitive budget and planning information that would 
cause harm to third parties if publicly shared be closed in accordance 
with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 
2.

    Dated: February 19, 2004.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 04-4001 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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