[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38382-38383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10495]


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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.

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ACTION: Notice of 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 Thursday, July 27, 2006. The Judges 
Panel is composed of ten members prominent in the field of quality 
management and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of 
this meeting is to review the stage 1 process, Judges' individual 
review of the stage 1 scoring data, consideration for moving applicants 
forward, discussion of stage 1 data and selection of applicants for 
consensus, questions and answers on stage 2 and stage 3 process 
documentation, and summary of Improvements Day . The applications under 
review contain trade secrets and proprietary commercial information 
submitted to the Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene July 27, 2006 at 8:15 a.m. and adjourn 
at 4:30 p.m. on July 27, 2006. The entire meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room B, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

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: June 28, 2006.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Deputy Director.3
[FR Doc. E6-10495 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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