[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 75 (Monday, April 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 20863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8783]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration


National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee; 
Notice of Determination for Closure of Meeting

    The National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee 
has scheduled a meeting for May 7, 2004.
    The Committee was established to assist the Department in executing 
its responsibilities under 15 U.S.C. 3711. Under this provision, the 
Secretary of Commerce is responsible for recommending to the President 
prospective recipients of the National Medal of Technology. The 
committee's recommendations are made after reviewing all nominations 
received in response to a public solicitation. The Committee is 
chartered to have twelve members.
    Time and Place: The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. 
on May 7, 2004. The meeting will be held in Room 4813 at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230. For further information contact: Mildred S. Porter, Director 
National Medal of Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4843, 
Washington, DC 20230, Phone: 202-482-5572.
    If a member of the public would like to submit written comments 
concerning the committee's affairs at any time before and after the 
meeting, written comments should be addressed to the Director of the 
National Medal of Technology as indicated above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be closed to discuss the 
relative merits of persons and companies nominated for the Medal. 
Public disclosure of this information would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of the National Medal of Technology program 
because premature publicity about candidates under consideration for 
the Medal, who may or may not ultimately receive the award, would be 
likely to discourage nominations for the Medal.
    Accordingly, I find and determine, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as amended, that the 
May 7, 2004, meeting may be closed to the public in accordance with 
Section 552b(c)(9)(B) of Title 5, United States Code because revealing 
information about Medal candidates would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of a proposed agency Action.
    Due to closure of the meeting, copies of the minutes of the meeting 
will not be available, however a copy of the Notice of determination 
will be available for public inspection and copying in the office of 
Mildred Porter, Director, National Medal of Technology, 1401 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Herbert Hoover Building, Room 4843, 
Washington, DC 20230, Phone: 202/482-5572.

    Dated: April 14, 2004.
Phillip J. Bond,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology.
[FR Doc. 04-8783 Filed 4-16-04; 8:45 am]
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