[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69788-69789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24240]


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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: The Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Award (Judges Panel) will meet in closed session Sunday, October 30, 
2016 through Friday, November 4, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. 
Eastern time each day. The purpose of this meeting is to review 
recommendations from site visits, and recommend 2016 Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award recipients. The meeting is closed to the public 
in order to protect the proprietary data to be examined and discussed 
at the meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Sunday, October 30, 2016 through 
Friday, November 4, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Eastern time 
each day. The entire meeting will be closed to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) 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 will meet 
Sunday, October 30, 2016 through Friday, November 4, 2016, from 8:30 
a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Eastern time each day. The Judges Panel is 
composed of twelve members, appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, 
chosen for their familiarity with 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 
recommendations from site visits and recommend 2016 Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award (Award) recipients. The meeting is closed to the 
public in order to protect the proprietary data to be examined and 
discussed at the meeting.
    The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, with the concurrence of the Assistant General Counsel 
for Administration and Transactions, formally determined on May 19, 
2016 and amended on September 26, 2016, pursuant to Section 10(d) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended by Section 5(c) of the 
Government in Sunshine Act, P.L. 94-409, that the meeting of the Judges 
Panel may be closed to the public in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4) because the meeting is likely to disclose trade secrets and 
commercial or financial information obtained from a person which is 
privileged or confidential; and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) because for a 
government agency the meeting is likely to disclose information that 
could significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency 
action. The meeting, which involves examination of current Award 
applicant data from U.S. organizations and a discussion of these data 
as compared to the Award criteria in order to recommend Award 
recipients, will be closed to the public.

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2016-24240 Filed 10-6-16; 8:45 am]
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