[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5187]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology
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 Visiting Committee on Advanced
Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will
meet Tuesday, March 10, 1998 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Visiting
Committee on Advanced Technology is composed of fifteen members
appointed by the Director of NIST who are eminent in such fields as
business, research, new product development, engineering, labor,
education, management consulting, environment, and international
relations. The purpose of this meeting is to review and make
recommendations regarding general policy for the Institute, its
organization, its budget, and its programs within the framework of
applicable national policies as set forth by the President and the
Congress. The agenda will include an update on NIST programs; report on
the objectives and milestones for the Advanced Technology Program
(ATP), the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), and the National
Quality Program; benchmarking with other national laboratories; and a
laboratory tour. Discussions on staffing of management positions at
NIST scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and to end at 9:00 a.m. on March
10, 1998, and the NIST budget, including funding levels of the MEP and
ATP programs scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. and to end at 5:00 p.m. on
March 10, 1998, will be closed.
DATES: The meeting will convene March 10, 1998, at 8:30 a.m. and will
adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on March 10, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge (seating
capacity 80, includes 38 participants), Administration Building, at
NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris E. Kuyatt, Visiting Committee
Executive Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone number (301) 975-6090.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration,
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on
February 13, 1998, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting
Committee on Advanced Technology which involve discussion of proposed
funding of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Advanced
Technology Program may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(B), because those portions of the meetings will divulge
matters the premature disclosure of which would be likely to
significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions; and
that portions of meetings which involve discussion of the staffing
issues of management and other positions at NIST may be closed in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because divulging information
discussed in those portions of the meetings is likely to reveal
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Dated: February 24, 1998.
Robert B. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-5187 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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