[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 29126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7669]


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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 Tuesday, June 6, 2006. The Judges 
Panel is composed of eleven members prominent in the field of quality 
management and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of 
this meeting is to Review the 2006 Baldrige Award Cycle; Discussion of 
Senior Examiner Training for Site Visits and Final Judging Interaction; 
Judges' Survey of Applicants; and Judging Process Improvement 
Discussion for Final Judges' Meeting Preparation. The applications 
under review contain trade secrets and proprietary commercial 
information submitted to the Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June 6, 2006 at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 
4:30 p.m. on June 6, 2006. It is estimated that the closed portion of 
the meeting will last from 10 a.m until 2 p.m. and the open portion of 
the meeting will last from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. and from 2 p.m. until 
4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room A, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. 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, e-
mail address and phone number to Virginia Davis no later than Friday, 
June 2, 2006, 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.

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 
December 27, 2005, that 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, Public Law 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: May 15, 2006.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E6-7669 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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