[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 154 (Friday, August 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 46247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18340]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of 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 Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award will meet Thursday, September 11, 2008. The 
Judges Panel is composed of twelve members prominent in the fields of 
quality, innovation, and performance excellence and appointed by the 
Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of this meeting is to review 
applicant consensus scores and select applicants for site visit review. 
The applications under review by Judges contain trade secrets and 
proprietary commercial information submitted to the Government in 
confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene September 11, 2008 at 8 a.m. and 
adjourn at 5 p.m. on September 11, 2008. The entire meeting will be 
closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room A, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
March 4, 2008, that the meeting of the Judges Panel will be closed 
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. app. 2, as amended by Section 5(c) of the Government in the 
Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409. The meeting, which involves 
examination of Award applicant data from U.S. companies and other 
organizations and a discussion of this data as compared to the Award 
criteria in order to recommend site visits for potential Award 
recipients, may be closed to the public in accordance with Section 
552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States Code, because the meetings are 
likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial 
information obtained from a person which is privileged or confidential.

    Dated: July 31, 2008.
James M. Turner,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E8-18340 Filed 8-7-08; 8:45 am]
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