[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60362-60363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25310]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


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 Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National 
Quality Award (Board) will meet in open session on Wednesday, December 
2, 2015. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work 
of the private sector contractor, which assists the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in administering 
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Award), and information 
received from NIST and from the Chair of the Judges' Panel of the 
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in order to make such 
suggestions for the improvement of the Award process as the Board deems 
necessary. Details on the agenda are noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 from 
8:30 a.m. Eastern Time until 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, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 101, Lecture Room 
A, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note admittance instructions 
under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige 
Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland 
20899-1020, telephone number (301) 975-2360, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Authority:  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 Board will meet in open 
session on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time 
until 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Board is composed of eleven members 
selected for their preeminence in the field of organizational 
performance excellence and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The 
Board consists of a balanced representation from U.S. service, 
manufacturing, nonprofit, education, and health care industries. The 
Board includes members familiar with the quality improvement operations 
and competitiveness issues of manufacturing companies, service 
companies, small businesses, health care providers, and educational 
institutions. Members are also chosen who have broad experience in for-
profit and nonprofit areas. The purpose of this meeting is to review 
and discuss the work of the private sector contractor, which assists 
the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST) in administering the Award, and information received from NIST 
and from the Chair of the Judges' Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award in order to make such suggestions for the 
improvement of the Award process as the Board deems necessary. The 
Board shall make an annual report on the results of Award activities to 
the Director of NIST, along with its recommendations for the 
improvement of the Award process. The agenda will include: Report from 
the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 
Baldrige Program Business Plan Status Report, Baldrige Foundation 
Fundraising Update, Products and Services Update, and Recommendations 
for the NIST Director. The agenda may change to accommodate Board 
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 will be open to the public.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Board's affairs are 
invited to request a place on the agenda. On December 2, 2015 
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 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 must pre-register to be admitted. Please submit your name, time of 
arrival, email address and phone number to Nancy Young no later than 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, November 25, 2015 and she will 
provide you with instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must 
submit additional information and should contact Ms. Young for 
instructions. Ms. Young's email address is [email protected] and her 
phone number is (301) 975-2361. For participants attending in person, 
please note that federal agencies, including NIST, can only accept a 
state-issued driver's license or

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identification card for access to federal facilities if such license or 
identification card is issued by a state that is compliant with the 
REAL ID Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-13), or by a state that has an extension 
for REAL ID compliance. NIST currently accepts other forms of federal-
issued identification in lieu of a state-issued driver's license. For 
detailed information please contact Ms. Young or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.

Richard Cavanagh,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-25310 Filed 10-5-15; 8:45 am]
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