03-29360. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers

AGENCY:

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY:

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on December 17, 2003. The Board of Overseers is composed of eleven members prominent in the field of quality management and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, assembled to advise the Secretary of Commerce on the conduct of the Baldrige Award. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and review information received from the National Institute of Standards and Technology with the members of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The agenda will include: Report from the Judges' Panel, Baldrige Program Update, Booz Allen CEO Marketing Study, Baldrige Program Metrics, Role Model Characteristics in a Labor/Management Relations Environment, BNQP Hoshin for 2004, Topics for Discussion with NIST Director, New Business, and Recommendations to the NIST Director. All visitors to the National Institute of Standards and Technology site will have to pre-register to be admitted. Please submit your name, time of arrival, e-mail address and phone number to Virginia Davis no later than Monday, December 15, 2003, and she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Ms. Davis' e-mail address is [e-mail] and her phone number is [phone].

DATE:

The meeting will convene December 17, 2003 at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 3 p.m. on December 17, 2003.

ADDRESS:

The meeting will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room A, 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 [phone].

Dated: November 20, 2003.

Arden L. Bement, Jr.,

Director.