[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 8566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2317]


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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 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 the Visiting Committee on Advanced 
Technology (VCAT), National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), will meet Tuesday, March 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and 
Wednesday, March 8, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.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 an update on NIST's activities; an overview of the 
strategic planning process in the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory 
(MEL), the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL), and the 
Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL); an overview of 
NIST's health information technology activities; ethics training for 
VCAT members; a summary of the National Research Council's FY 04-05 
assessment of NIST laboratories; and selected laboratory tours. The 
agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda 
will be posted on the NIST Web site.

DATES: The meeting will convene on March 7 at 8:30 a.m. and will 
adjourn on March 8, 2006, at 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge, 
Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. All visitors 
to the NIST site will have to pre-register to be admitted. Please 
submit your name, time of arrival, e-mail address and phone number to 
Carolyn Peters no later than Thursday, March 2, and she will provide 
you with instructions for admittance. Mrs. Peter's e-mail address is 
[email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-5607.

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

    Dated: February 14, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
[FR Doc. E6-2317 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]
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