[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28500]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Technology Administration
Under Secretary for Technology, National Medal of Technology
Nomination Evaluation Committee; Notice of Determination for Closure of
Meeting
The National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee
has scheduled a meeting for December 16, 1996.
The Committee was established to assist the Department in executing
its responsibilities under 15 U.S.C. 3711. Under this provision, the
Secretary is responsible for recommending to the President prospective
recipients of the National medal of Technology. The Committee's
recommendations are made after reviewing all nominations received in
response to a public solicitation. The Committee is chartered to have
twelve members.
TIME AND PLACE: The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 3:00
p.m. on December 16, 1996. The meeting will be held in Room 4830 at the
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katie Wolf, Director, National Medal of Technology, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Herbert C. Hoover
Building, Room 4823, Washington, D.C. 20230, (202-482-3953).
If a member of the public would like to submit written comments
concerning the committee's affairs at any time before and after the
meeting, written comments should be addressed to the Director of the
National Metal of Technology as indicated above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be closed to discuss the
relative merits of persons and companies nominated for the Medal.
Public disclosure of this information would be likely to significantly
frustrate implementation of the National Medal of Technology program
because premature publicity about candidates under consideration for
the Medal, who may or may not ultimately receive the award, would be
likely to discourage nominations for the Medal.
Accordingly, I find and determine, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as amended, that the
December 16, 1996, meeting may be closed to the public in accordance
with Section 552b(c)(9)(B) of Title 5, United States Code because
revealing information about Medal candidates would be likely to
significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action.
Due to the closure of the meeting, copies of the minutes of the
meeting will not be available, however a copy of the Notice of
Determination will be available for public inspection and copying in
the office of Katie Wolf, Director, National Medal of Technology, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Herbert Hoover Building, Room 4823,
Washington, D.C. 20230, (Ph: 202-482-3953).
Dated: October 30, 1996.
Kelly Carnes,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 96-28500 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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