[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30863-30864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12328]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


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

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

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Award (Judges Panel) and the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award (Board of Overseers) will meet together in open 
session on Thursday, June 13, 2013 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.

DATES: The meeting will convene on Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 8:30 
a.m. Eastern time and adjourn at 3:00 p.m.

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Eastern time. The meeting will be open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, 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, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland 
20899-1020, telephone number (301) 975-2361, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1), 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) and 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel and the Board 
of Overseers will meet together on Thursday, June 13, 2013 from 8:30 
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Judges Panel consists of twelve 
members with balanced representation from U.S. service, manufacturing, 
nonprofit, education, and health care industries. The Panel includes 
members familiar with the quality improvement operations and 
competitiveness issues of manufacturing companies, service companies, 
small businesses, health care providers, and educational institutions. 
The Judges Panel recommends Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 
recipients to the Secretary of Commerce. The Board of Overseers, 
composed of twelve members preeminent in the field of organizational 
performance excellence and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, make 
an annual report on the results of Award activities to the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), along with 
its recommendations for improvement of the Award process.
    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 Fundraising Update, Accreditation and Baldrige Judges Panel 
Update and Ethics Review, Applicants and Eligibility, New Business/
Public Comment. The agenda may change to accommodate the Judges Panel 
and Board of Overseers business. The final agenda will be posted on the 
NIST Baldrige Performance Excellence Web site at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.cfm. The meeting is open to the public.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Board's affairs and/or 
the Panel of Judges' general process are invited to request a place on 
the agenda. On June 13, 2013 approximately one-half hour will be 
reserved in the afternoon for public comments, and speaking times will 
be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The amount of time per 
speaker will be determined by the number of requests received, but is 
likely to be about 3 minutes each. The exact time for public comments 
will be included in the final agenda that will be posted on the 
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program Web site at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.cfm. Questions from the 
public will not be considered during this period. Speakers who wish to 
expand upon their oral statements, those who had wished to speak, but 
could not be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to 
attend in person are invited to submit written statements to the 
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 
Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1020, via fax at 301-975-4967 
or electronically by email to [email protected].
    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 Nancy Young no later 
than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, June 6, 2013, 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. Young's email address is 
[email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-2361.

    Dated: May 16, 2013.
Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2013-12328 Filed 5-22-13; 8:45 am]
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