[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66135-66136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23032]


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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 partially 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 Visiting Committee on Advanced

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Technology (VCAT), National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), will meet Tuesday, December 11, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 
p.m. and Wednesday, December 12, 2007, from 8:30 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 and its R&D 
priorities, NIST's vision for 2017, and strategic plan; an overview 
presentation on the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system; 
break-out sessions of the Information Technology and Nanotechnology 
subcommittees to discuss NIST's programs and plans and how they fit 
into the national agenda with input back to the full committee. 
Discussions on NIST budget and planning information scheduled to begin 
at 8 a.m. and to end at 8:30 a.m. on December 11 will be closed. 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.
    Anyone wishing to attend this meeting should submit name, e-mail 
address and phone number to Denise Herbert ([email protected] or 
301-975-5607) no later than December 7, 2007.

DATES: The meeting will convene on December 11, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. and 
will adjourn on December 12, 2007 at 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Guest Suites, 
Historic Charleston, 181 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina, 
29401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Herbert, Visiting Committee on 
Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1000, telephone number (301) 975-5607.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
November 19, 2007, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology which deal with discussion of 
sensitive budget and planning information that would cause harm to 
third parties if publicly shared be closed in accordance with section 
10 (d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S. C. app. 2.

    Dated: November 20, 2007.
Richard F. Kayser,
Acting Deputy Director.
 [FR Doc. E7-23032 Filed 11-26-07; 8:45 am]
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