[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45645-45646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11332]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

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

ACTION: Notice of partially closed 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, June 11, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. mountain time and 
Wednesday, June 12, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. mountain time.

DATES: The VCAT will meet on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 6 
p.m. mountain time and Wednesday, June 12, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 
p.m. mountain time. The portion of the meeting that is closed to the 
public will take place on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 
10:30 a.m. mountain time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Katharine Blodgett Gebbie 
Laboratory Conference Room, Room 81-1A106, at NIST, 325 Broadway 
Street, Boulder, Colorado 80305 with an option to participate via Zoom. 
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 240-446-6000. Ms. Shaw's email address is 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 1001 et 
seq., notice is hereby given that the VCAT will meet on the dates and 
at the times given in the DATES section.
    The meeting will be partially closed as set forth in the DATES 
section. The VCAT is composed of not fewer than nine 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 for the open portion of the meeting will include an update on 
major programs at NIST. It will also include discussions on NIST 
facilities, programmatic updates on safety, measurement science, 
climate, and energy technologies, and artificial intelligence. During a 
closed session on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 
a.m. mountain time, the VCAT will discuss with senior NIST leadership 
the agency's current and future budgets and related programmatic 
prioritization approaches, the premature disclosure of which would 
significantly frustrate implementation of programmatic actions the 
agency might propose. This session is closed in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B). The agenda is subject to change if needed 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 by no later than 5 p.m. 
eastern time, Friday, May 31, 2024 by contacting Stephanie Shaw at 
[email protected]. Approximately one-half hour will be reserved 
for public comments and speaking times will be assigned on a

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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 and date 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 in person or via webinar are invited to submit written 
statements to Stephanie Shaw at [email protected].
    For participants desiring to attend via Zoom, please contact Ms. 
Shaw at [email protected] by 5 p.m. eastern time, Friday, May 31, 
2024, for detailed instructions on how to join the webinar. All 
visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be admitted. 
Please submit your name, time of arrival, email address and phone 
number to Stephanie Shaw, [email protected] by 5 p.m. eastern 
time, Friday, May 31, 2024. Non-U.S. citizens must submit additional 
information; please contact Ms. Shaw at [email protected]. For 
participants attending in person, please note that federal agencies, 
including NIST, can only accept a state-issued driver's license or 
identification card for access to federal facilities if such license or 
identification card is issued by a state that is compliant with the 
REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-13), or by a state that has an 
extension for REAL ID compliance. NIST currently accepts other forms of 
federal-issued identification in lieu of a state-issued driver's 
license. For detailed information please visit: http://nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-11332 Filed 5-22-24; 8:45 am]
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