[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 206 (Thursday, October 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49595-49596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23273]


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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, November 5, 
2017 through Thursday, November 9, 2017 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 2017 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, November 5, 2017 through 
Thursday, November 9, 2017, 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: 

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

    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), this Federal Register notice for 
this meeting is being published fewer than 15 calendar days prior to 
the meeting as

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exceptional circumstances exist. It is imperative that the Judges Panel 
will meet on Sunday, November 5, 2017 through Thursday, November 9, 
2017, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time each day to 
accommodate the scheduling priorities of the key participants, who must 
maintain a strict schedule to review recommendations from site visits, 
and recommend 2017 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients. 
The Judges Panel is composed of twelve members, appointed by the 
Secretary of Commerce, with balanced representation from U.S. service, 
manufacturing, nonprofit, education, and health care industries. 
Members are selected 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 
2017 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 March 21, 
2017, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
in accordance with Section 5(c) of the Government in Sunshine Act, 
Public Law 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 the meeting is likely to disclose 
information the premature disclosure of which would, in the case of any 
agency, be likely to 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. 2017-23273 Filed 10-25-17; 8:45 am]
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