[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24383-24384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10473]


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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, U.S. 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) reports the results of the Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award (Award) activities to the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) each year, along 
with its recommendations for the improvement of the Award process. The 
purpose of this meeting is to discuss the 2025 Baldrige Award process, 
including the identification of which award applicant organizations 
should be advanced to the site visit phase. The meeting is closed to 
the public in order to protect the proprietary data to be examined and 
discussed.

DATES: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended 
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., notice is hereby given that the Judges 
Panel will meet on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
Eastern Time (all times are Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The closed meeting will only be accessible via 
teleconference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige 
Performance Excellence Program, phone: 301-975-2361, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Judges Panel, composed of approximately nine members preeminent 
in the field of organizational performance excellence and appointed by 
the Secretary of Commerce, makes an annual report on the results of 
Award activities to the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST), along with its recommendations for improvement 
of the Award process.

Agenda

    The meeting will include a discussion of the 2025 Baldrige Award 
process, including the identification of which award applicant 
organizations should be advanced to the site visit phase. The meeting 
will include discussions of lessons learned from the 2024 judging 
process and on the 2024 Award process.
    The agenda may change to accommodate the Judges Panel's business. 
The final agenda will be posted on the NIST Baldrige Performance 
Excellence website at https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/how-baldrige-works/baldrige-community/judges-panel.

Open Session Attendance

    There will be no open session during this meeting.

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Special Accommodations

    There will be no public participation during this meeting; 
therefore, public accommodations will not be necessary.

Public Participation

    There will be no public participation during this meeting.

Closure Determination

    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Deputy Secretary of Commerce, 
with the concurrence of the delegate of the General Counsel, 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 June 24, 2025 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. This meeting is closed to the public in order to protect the 
proprietary data to be examined and discussed.

Meeting Cancellation

    If the meeting is canceled, a cancellation notice will be posted on 
the website at: https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/how-baldrige-works/baldrige-community/judges-panel.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2025-10473 Filed 6-9-25; 8:45 am]
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