[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61958-61959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17588]


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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 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 Monday, November 13, 2006, 9 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 
November 15, 2006, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, November 16, 2006, 
and Friday, November 17, 2006, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Judges Panel is 
composed of ten members prominent in the fields of business, health 
care, education, performance, and quality management and appointed by 
the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of this meeting is to review and 
make recommendations regarding the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Award program, processes, and procedures within the guidelines set 
forth by the Baldrige Program's Board of Overseers.

DATES: The meeting will convene November 13, 2006 at 9 a.m. and adjourn 
at 3 p.m. on November 17, 2006. The entire meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Building 222, Room A230, 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 agenda will include review of the site 
visit process, review the final judging process and meeting procedures, 
review of post meeting feedback discussion

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with site visit team leaders, final judging of 2006 applicants, 
learning and improvements for 2007 judging cycle, update on the 2007 
program, and review 2007 judges calendar. 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, Pub. L. 94-409. The meeting, which 
involves examination of Award applicant data from U.S. companies, and 
health care and education organizations, 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: October 13, 2006.
James E. Hill,
Acting Deputy Director.
 [FR Doc. E6-17588 Filed 10-19-06; 8:45 am]
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