[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8344-8345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3172]


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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 (VCAT), National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), will meet Tuesday, March 15, 2005, from 8:20 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's activities and 
facilities, a review of findings from NIST's investigation of the World 
Trade Center disaster, and two laboratory tours. Discussions scheduled 
to begin at 8:20 a.m. and to end at 9:20 a.m. and to begin at 2:30 p.m. 
and to end at 5 p.m. on March 15, 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, email address and phone number to Carolyn 
Peters no later than Thursday, March 10, and she will provide you with 
instructions for admittance. Mrs. Peter's email address is 
[email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene on March 15 at 8:20 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn J. Peters, Visiting Committee 
on Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1000, telephone number (301) 975-5607.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
December 27, 2004, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology which deal with 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 15, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 05-3172 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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