[Federal Register: August 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 159)]
[Notices]
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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 partially closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.
2, notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award will meet Friday, September 17, 2004. The Judges
Panel is composed of nine members prominent in the field of quality
management and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of
this meeting is to review the consensus process, select applicants for
site visits, determine possible conflict of interest for site visited
companies, review feedback to first stage applicants, begin stage III
of the judging process, a discussion on long-term value and related
information, a debriefing on the State and Local Workshop and a program
update. The applications under review contain trade secrets and
proprietary commercial information submitted to the Government in
confidence. All visitors to the National Institute of Standards and
Technology site will have to pre-register to be admitted. Anyone
wishing to attend this meeting must register 48 hours in advance in
order to be admitted. Please submit your name, time of arrival, email
address and phone number to Virginia Davis no later than Monday,
September 13, 2004, and she will provide you with instructions for
admittance. Ms. Davis' e-mail address is virginia.davis@nist.gov and
her phone number is 301/975-2361.
DATES: The meeting will convene September 17, 2004, at 9 a.m. and
adjourn at 3 p.m. on September 17, 2004. It is estimated that the
closed portion of the meeting will last from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and
the open portion of the meeting will last from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Building 222, Red Training Room,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note admittance instructions under
SUMMARY paragraph.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, National
Quality Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, telephone number (301) 975-2361.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration,
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on
February 7, 2004, that part of the meeting of the Judges Panel will be
closed pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
5 U.S.C. app. 2, as amended by section 5(c) of the Government in the
Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409. The meeting, which involves examination
of Award applicant data from U.S. companies and a discussion of this
data as compared to the Award criteria in order to recommend Award
recipients, may be closed to the public in accordance with section
552b(c)(4) of title 5, United States Code, because the meetings are
likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial
information obtained from a person which is privileged or confidential.
Dated: August 11, 2004.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 04-18854 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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