[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 176 (Thursday, September 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 55828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19933]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology; Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s 
Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or Committee) will meet 
on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time.

DATES: The VCAT will meet on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a virtual meeting via webinar. Please 
note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Shaw, VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Mail Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1060, telephone 
number 301-975-2667. Ms. Shaw'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.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the VCAT will meet on Tuesday, 
October 20, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The 
meeting will be open to the public. The VCAT is composed of not fewer 
than 9 members appointed by the NIST Director, eminent in such fields 
as business, research, new product development, engineering, labor, 
education, management consulting, environment, and international 
relations. The primary 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 an update on major programs at NIST 
including a programmatic update, an update on NIST operations and 
impacts regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, strategic plan 
implementations, and NIST's role in America's innovation ecosystem, as 
well as its efforts to modernize technology transfer. The agenda may 
change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be 
posted on the NIST website at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's business are 
invited to request a place on the agenda. Approximately one-half hour 
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 
website 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, those who had wished to speak but 
could not be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to 
attend via webinar are invited to submit written statements to 
Stephanie Shaw at [email protected].
    All participants will be attending via webinar and must contact Ms. 
Shaw at [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, 
October 14, 2020 for detailed instructions on how to join the webinar.

Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2020-19933 Filed 9-9-20; 8:45 am]
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