[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 65304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22670]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers

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 there will be a meeting of the Board of 
Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on December 4, 
2007. The Board of Overseers is composed of eleven members prominent in 
the fields of quality and performance management and appointed by the 
Secretary of Commerce, assembled to advise the Secretary of Commerce on 
the conduct of the Baldrige Award. The purpose of this meeting is to 
discuss and review information received from the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology and from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the 
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The agenda will include: 
Report from the Judges' Panel, Baldrige Program Update, Potential 
Program Changes, Baldrige Program Education and Outreach, Overseers 
Role in Raising Awareness of the Baldrige Program, and Recommendations 
for the NIST Director.

DATES: The meeting will convene December 4, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. and 
adjourn at 3 p.m. on December 4, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room A, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. All visitors to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology site will have to pre-register to be admitted. 
Please submit your name, time of arrival, e-mail address and phone 
number to Diane Harrison no later than Friday, November 30, 2007, and 
she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Ms. Harrison's 
e-mail address is [email protected] and her phone number is (301) 
975-2361.

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.

    Dated: November 9, 2007.
Richard F. Kayser,
Acting Deputy Director.
 [FR Doc. E7-22670 Filed 11-19-07; 8:45 am]
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