[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 25220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12284]


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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 Tuesday, June 16, 2009. 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 discuss the Judging 
process and Judging process changes for 2009; the role of the Judges 
Panel in the award process; an overview of scoring data; the 2009 
Baldrige Award cycle; the Judges Panel survey of applicants; and the 
Judges Panel mentoring process. Under each of these categories 
applicant information may be disclosed. The applications under review 
by the Judges Panel contain trade secrets and proprietary commercial 
information submitted to the Government in confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June 16, 2009 at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 
4:30 p.m. on June 16, 2009. The entire meeting will be closed.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, Baldrige 
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 
January 08, 2009, 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 these data as compared to the Award 
criteria in order to recommend Award recipients, may be closed to the 
public in accordance with Section 552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States 
Code, because the meeting is likely to disclose trade secrets and 
commercial or financial information obtained from a person and 
privileged or confidential.

    Dated: May 20, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E9-12284 Filed 5-26-09; 8:45 am]
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