[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 11344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03426]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY:  The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or 
Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet by webinar in an open session on Thursday, March 16, 2017 from 
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The VCAT is composed of not fewer 
than 9 members appointed by the NIST Director, a majority of whom are 
eminent in such fields as business, research, new product development, 
engineering, labor, education, management consulting, environment, and 
international relations.

DATES: The VCAT will meet on Thursday, March 16, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. 
to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted by webinar. Please note 
instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice 
for participation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Serena Martinez, VCAT, NIST, 100 
Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1060, 
telephone number 301-975-2661. Mrs. Martinez's email address is 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 278, as amended, and the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.

    The purpose of this meeting is for the VCAT to review and make 
recommendations regarding general policy for NIST, its organization, 
its budget, and its programs within the framework of applicable 
national policies as set forth by the President and the Congress. The 
agenda will include a discussion on the Committee's focus for 2017. The 
agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda 
will be posted on the NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm.
    Members of the public can listen to the discussion. The meeting is 
available to the public through a toll-free call-in number. When you 
register by email to Mrs. Serena Martinez, [email protected], 
with your name, organization affiliated with (if any), and email 
address, the toll-free call-in information, including passcode, will be 
provided to you. Callers can expect to incur regular charges for calls 
they initiate over wireless lines, according to their wireless plan. 
The Committee will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur 
no charges for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the 
toll-free call-in number. Individuals and representatives of 
organizations who would like to offer comments and suggestions related 
to the Committee's affairs are invited to request a place on the agenda 
by email to [email protected], no later than March 8, 2017 by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Approximately fifteen minutes will be reserved 
for public comments and speaking times will be assigned on a first-
come, first-serve 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 NIST Web site 
at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm. Questions from the 
public will not be considered during this period. Speakers who wish to 
expand upon their oral statements, and those who had wished to speak 
but could not be accommodated on the agenda, are invited to submit 
written statements to VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1060, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, via fax at 301-216-0529 or 
electronically by email to [email protected].

Phillip A. Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovations and Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2017-03426 Filed 2-21-17; 8:45 am]
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