[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 47329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20297]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award; 
Meeting

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 Monday, November 5, 
2018 through Friday, November 9, 2018, 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 2018 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 Monday, November 5, 2018 through 
Friday, November 9, 2018, 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) 975-2361, 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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel will meet on 
Monday, November 5, 2018 through Friday, November 9, 2018, 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, 
with balanced representation from U.S. service, manufacturing, small 
business, 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, nonprofits, health care providers, and educational 
institutions. The purpose of this meeting is to review recommendations 
from site visits and recommend 2018 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 Acting Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for 
Administration and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, with 
the concurrence of the Assistant General Counsel for Employment, 
Litigation, and Information, formally determined on March 7, 2018, 
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended by 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 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 A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2018-20297 Filed 9-18-18; 8:45 am]
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