[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40284-40285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14334]


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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.

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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, August 14, from 8:10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 
Wednesday, August 15, from 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.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 with an overview of its role in U.S. 
science and technology. Several laboratory tours also will be featured. 
The meeting will conclude with an extended discussion on the overall 
role NIST plays in the nation's innovation enterprise. 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 August 14, 2007 at 8:10 a.m. and 
will adjourn on August 15, 2007 at 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Building 1, Room 1107, at NIST, 
Boulder, Colorado. 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, 
August 9, 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, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1000, telephone number (301) 975-2300.

    Dated: July 17, 2007.
James M. Turner,
Deputy Director.
 [FR Doc. E7-14334 Filed 7-23-07; 8:45 am]
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