[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22351]


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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 Monday, October 6, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., in the NIST 
laboratory in Boulder, CO. This notice is the second meeting of the 
Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety.
    The purpose of this meeting is to continue a high level review of 
NIST's management structure and systems as they relate to safety at the 
Institute. The Commission will ultimately provide consensus 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 at the Boulder laboratories. The agenda may change to 
accommodate Commission business. The final agenda will be posted on the 
NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/director/blueribbon/index.html.

DATES: The meeting will convene on October 6, 2008 at 9 a.m., and will 
adjourn at 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Building 1, Room 1103/1105, at 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 
80305.
    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 October 2, 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 18, 2008.
Patrick D. Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E8-22351 Filed 9-19-08; 11:15 am]
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