[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 106 (Friday, June 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 30004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11743]


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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 on Wednesday, August 
25, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. The purpose of 
this meeting is to review the results of examiners' scoring of written 
applications. Panel members will vote on which applicants merit site 
visits by examiners to verify the accuracy of quality improvements 
claimed by applicants. The meeting is closed to the public in order to 
protect the proprietary data to be examined and discussed.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, from 
10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. The entire meeting will be closed 
to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually via web conference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige 
Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland 
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 of the 
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will meet on Wednesday, August 
25, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. The Judges Panel 
is composed of twelve members, appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, 
with a 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 the results of 
examiners' scoring of written applications. Panel members will vote on 
which applicants merit site visits by examiners to verify the accuracy 
of quality improvements claimed by applicants. The meeting is closed to 
the public in order to protect the proprietary data to be examined and 
discussed.
    The 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, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended by Section 5(c) of the 
Government in the 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 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Award (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.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021-11743 Filed 6-3-21; 8:45 am]
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