[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 47 (Friday, March 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12193-12194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4841]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Advanced Technology Program Advisory Committee

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 Advanced Technology Program Advisory 
Committee, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet Tuesday, March 22, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Advanced 
Technology Program Advisory Committee is composed of nine members 
appointed by the Director of NIST; who are eminent in such fields as 
business, research, new product development, engineering, education, 
and management consulting. The purpose of this meeting is to review and 
make recommendations regarding general policy for the Advanced 
Technology Program (ATP), 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 
presentations on Insights from the Task Force on Innovation; Science 
and Technology in Austria: Small County, Great Expectations; Survey of 
ATP Applicants 2002; and Insights from ``Innovate America: National 
Innovation Initiative Report. A discussion scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. 
and to end at 3 p.m. on March 22, 2005, on ATP budget issues will be 
closed. Agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. 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 Donna Paul no later than 
Friday, March 18 and she will provide you with instructions for 
admittance. Ms. Paul's e-mail address is [email protected] and her 
phone number is 301/975-2162.

DATES: The meeting will convene Tuesday, March 22, at 9 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Employees' Lounge, 
Gaithersburg,

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Maryland 20899. Please note admittance instructions under SUMMARY 
paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Paul, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-4700, telephone 
number (301) 975-2162.

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 Advanced 
Technology Program Advisory Committee which involve discussion of 
proposed funding of the Advanced Technology Program 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.

    Dated: March 8, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 05-4841 Filed 3-10-05; 8:45 am]
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