[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 68800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20105]


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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, December 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 
Wednesday, December 13, from 9 a.m. to 11 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 theme of 
this meeting is NIST's role in the international arena in ten years. 
The agenda will include an update on NIST, an introduction and overview 
of NIST's international activities, and other presentations that focus 
on the importance of NIST as a National Metrology Institute, NIST's 
evolving role for traceability of chemical and biological measurements, 
NIST's role in documentary standards, NIST's interactions with the 
American National Standards Institute and the International 
Organization for Standardization, and NIST's activities in Iraq. Two 
laboratory tours also will be featured. The meeting will conclude with 
an extended discussion on effectively implementing the NIST mission in 
a growing international marketplace. The agenda may change to 
accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the 
NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.htm.

DATES: The meeting will convene on December 12 at 9 a.m. and will 
adjourn on December 13, 2006, at 11 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, December 7, 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: November 21, 2006.
James E. Hill,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E6-20105 Filed 11-27-06; 8:45 am]
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