[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 178 (Friday, September 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52948-52949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21340]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety

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 NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on 
Management and Safety, National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST) will meet Wednesday, September 17, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on the 
NIST campus in Gaithersburg, MD. This notice is in follow-up to the 
preliminary notice of a public meeting by the Commission on August 15, 
2008, (Ref. Federal Register Notice: August 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 
159, pages 47882-47883). The Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and 
Safety is composed of 7 members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce 
who are eminent in one or more of the following areas:
     Management and organizational structure;

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     Training and human resources operations;
     Laboratory management and safety;
     Hazardous materials safety;
     Emergency medical response;
     Environmental safety;
     Environmental remediation; and
     Security for hazardous materials.
    The purpose of this meeting is to review and ultimately provide 
advice to the Department of Commerce on whether (a) The training, 
safety, security, and response protocols, (b) the implementation of 
those protocols and internal controls, and (c) the management structure 
at NIST are appropriate to ensure safe operations of all NIST programs. 
The agenda for this meeting will focus on NIST safety and management 
structure as well as a discussion of the findings from recent safety 
audits and investigations. The agenda may change to accommodate 
Commission business.

DATES: The meeting will convene on September 17, 2008 at 9 a.m. and 
will adjourn at 5 p.m

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899. To enable NIST to make arrangements to admit visitors 
to the NIST campus, anyone wishing to attend this meeting should submit 
name, e-mail address and phone number to Mary Lou Norris 
([email protected]) no later than September 15, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Lou Norris, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Building 101, MS 1071, 100 Bureau Drive, 
Gaithersburg, MD, 20899; telephone: (301) 975-2002; e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: September 8, 2008.
James M. Turner,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E8-21340 Filed 9-11-08; 8:45 am]
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