[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 76737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24594]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Award; Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National 
Quality Award (Board) will meet in open session on Wednesday, December 
6, 2023. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work 
of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program to implement 
improvements to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Award), 
and to provide recommendations to the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as the Board deems 
necessary. Details on the agenda are noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 11 
a.m. Eastern time until 4 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting will be open 
to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using Microsoft Teams. 
Please note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice.

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, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., notice is hereby given 
that the Board will meet in open session on Wednesday, December 6, 
2023, from 11 a.m. Eastern time until 4 p.m. Eastern time. The Board is 
currently composed of nine members selected for their preeminence in 
the field of organizational performance excellence and appointed by the 
Secretary of Commerce. The Board consists of a balanced representation 
from U.S. service, manufacturing, small business, nonprofit, education, 
and health care industries. The Board includes members familiar with 
the quality, performance 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 and discuss the work of 
the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (Program) to implement 
improvements to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Award), 
and to provide recommendations to the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as the Board deems 
necessary. The agenda will include: Report on Program Accomplishments 
for 2023, Update on Baldrige Reimagined Implementation, Baldrige 
Foundation Update, Alliance for Performance Excellence Update, 
Communities of Excellence Update, and Recommendations for the NIST 
Director. The agenda may change to accommodate Board business. The 
final agenda will be posted on the NIST Baldrige Performance Excellence 
website at https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.cfm. The 
meeting will be open to the public.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Board's affairs are 
invited to request a place on the agenda. On December 6, 2023, 
approximately one-half hour will be reserved in the afternoon for 
public comments and speaking times will be assigned on a first-come, 
first-served 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 Baldrige Program website at https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.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 are invited to submit written statements to the Baldrige 
Performance Excellence Program, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1020, via fax at 301-975-4967 or 
electronically by email to [email protected].
    All participants will be attending via webinar. Please contact Ms. 
Verner by email at [email protected] for detailed instructions on 
how to join the webinar. All requests must be received by 12/02/2023.

(Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) and the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.)

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-24594 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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