[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 69954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22875]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 
2, notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Board of 
Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on December 2, 
2005. The Board of Overseers is composed of eleven members prominent in 
the field of quality management and appointed by the Secretary of 
Commerce, assembled to advise the Secretary of Commerce on the conduct 
of the Baldrige Award. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and 
review information received from the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology with the members of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm 
Baldrige National Quality Award. The agenda will include: Report from 
the Judges' Panel, Baldrige Program Update, Potential Program Changes, 
Discussion with NIST Director, Baldrige Marketing Collaborative 
Progress, Overseers Role in Raising Awareness of the Baldrige Program, 
and Recommendations for NIST Director.

DATES: The meeting will convene December 2, 2005, at 8:30 a.m. and 
adjourn at 3 p.m. on December 2, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Room A1038, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. 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 Virginia Davis no later than Tuesday, November 29, 2005, and 
she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Ms. Davis' email 
address is [email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-
2361.

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.

    Dated: November 14, 2005.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
[FR Doc. 05-22875 Filed 11-17-05; 8:45 am]
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