[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47898-47899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12168]


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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 Thursday, June 20, 
2024, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time. The purpose of this meeting 
is to review the results of examiners' ratings of Baldrige Award 
applications. Panel members will vote on which applicants merit site 
visits by examiners to validate the results and resilience, as well as 
the quality improvements and innovations, claimed by applicants. The 
meeting is closed to the public in order to protect the proprietary 
data to be examined and discussed.

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DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 12 
p.m. to 6 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: Pursuant to the FACA, notice is hereby given 
that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 
will meet on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. eastern 
time. The Judges Panel is composed of nine 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. Pursuant to 41 CFR Sec.  
102-3.150(a)(6), written comments may be submitted to the Judges Panel. 
Please contact Mrs. Robyn Decker by email at [email protected]; 
Mailing Address: NIST c/o Robyn Decker 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1020 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899; or 301-975-2361. Please provide her with your 
name, email, and phone number, and your written comment for the Judges 
Panel.
    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Chief Financial Officer and 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Employment, Litigation, and Information, 
formally determined on May 24, 2024, 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 
and are 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 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.
    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) and the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-12168 Filed 6-3-24; 8:45 am]
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