[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18854]


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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 Friday, September 17, 2004. 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 discussion on long-term value and related 
information, 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 13, 2004, 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 17, 2004, at 9 a.m. and 
adjourn at 3 p.m. on September 17, 2004. 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 
February 7, 2004, 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: August 11, 2004.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 04-18854 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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