[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6716-6717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2453]


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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 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 
Wednesday, March 7, 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 agenda 
will include an update on NIST, an overview of NIST and its role in 
U.S. science & technology. Several laboratory tours also will be 
featured. The meeting will conclude with an extended discussion on 
NIST's overall role it plays in the nation's science and technology. 
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 March 6 at 9 a.m. and will adjourn 
on March 7, 2007, 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 
Denise Herbert no later than Thursday, March 1 and she will provide you 
with instructions for admittance. Ms. Herbert's e-mail address is 
[email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-2300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Herbert, Visiting Committee on 
Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology,

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Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1000, telephone number (301) 975-2300.

    Dated: February 8, 2007.
James E. Hill,
Acting Deputy Director.
 [FR Doc. E7-2453 Filed 2-12-07; 8:45 am]
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