[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 223 (Friday, November 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 71514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29646]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers

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

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National 
Quality Award (Board of Overseers) will meet in open session on 
December 13, 2011. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and review 
information received from the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology and from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm 
Baldrige National Quality Award. The agenda will include: Report from 
the Judges' Panel, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) 
Update, Baldrige Fellows Program Status Report, Baldrige Program 
Changes in 2011, and Recommendations for the NIST Director.

DATES: The meeting will convene December 13, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. and 
adjourn at 3 p.m. on December 13, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Advanced Chemical Sciences Laboratory 
(Building 227), Room A302, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note 
admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 
the notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, BPEP, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 
20899, telephone number (301) 975-2361.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, 5 U.S.C. App., the Board of Overseers will meet in open session on 
December 13, 2011. The Board of Overseers is composed of 11 members 
prominent in the fields of quality, innovation, and performance 
management and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, assembled to 
advise the Secretary of Commerce on the conduct of the Baldrige Award. 
The agenda will include: Report from the Judges' Panel, BPEP Update, 
Baldrige Fellows Program Status Report, Baldrige Program Changes in 
2011, and Recommendations for the NIST Director.
    All visitors to the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
site will have to pre-register to be admitted. Please submit your name, 
time of arrival, email address and phone number to Diane Harrison no 
later than Wednesday, December 8, 2011, and she will provide you with 
instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must also submit their 
passport number, country of citizenship, title, employer/sponsor, 
address and telephone. Ms. Harrison's email address is 
[email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-2361.

    Dated: November 10, 2011.
Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-29646 Filed 11-17-11; 8:45 am]
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