[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 49248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20301]
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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 Monday, November 4,
2019 through Friday, November 8, 2019, 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 2019 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.
DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, November 4, 2019 through
Friday, November 8, 2019, 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 4, 2019 through Friday, November 8, 2019, 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,
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 2019 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/Assistant Secretary for Administration,
with the concurrence of the Assistant General Counsel for Employment,
Litigation, and Information, formally determined on July 1, 2019,
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 and 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 A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2019-20301 Filed 9-18-19; 8:45 am]
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