[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 25686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10439]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers and 
Panel of Judges

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers 
and Panel of Judges will hold a meeting on Thursday, June 14, 2012 from 
8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. 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: 
Baldrige Program Update, Baldrige Enterprise Update, Judges Panel 
Update, Baldrige Fellows Program Discussion, and Strategic Planning.

DATES: The meeting will convene on Thursday, June 14, 2012, at 8:30 
a.m. Eastern time and adjourn at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting 
will be open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room E, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note admittance instructions under 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, Baldrige 
Performance Excellence Program, 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., notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting 
of the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Award on Thursday, June 14, 2012. The Board of Overseers is composed of 
12 members prominent in the fields of quality, innovation, and 
performance management and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, 
assembled to advise the Director of NIST on the conduct of the Baldrige 
Award. The Panel of Judges consists of twelve members with balanced 
representation from U.S. service, manufacturing, education, and health 
care industries and government. The panel includes members familiar 
with the quality improvement operations of both for-profit and not-for-
profit organizations. The panel recommends Award recipients to the 
Secretary of Commerce.
    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 Robert Fangmeyer no 
later than 4 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, June 7, 2012, and he 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. Mr. Fangmeyer's email address 
is [email protected] and his phone number is (301) 975-2361.

    Dated: April 24, 2012.
Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2012-10439 Filed 4-30-12; 8:45 am]
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