[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40833-40834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19244]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
AGENCY: Natinal Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of 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 there will be a closed meeting of the
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on
Wednesday, August 4, 1999. 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
stage I process and selection of applicants for the consensus stage of
the evaluation. The applications under review contain trade secrets and
proprietary commercial information submitted to the Government in
confidence.
DATES: The meeting will convene August 4, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. and adjourn
at 4:30 p.m. on August 4, 1999. The entire meeting will be closed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of
Standard and Technology, Administration Building Tenth Floor Conference
Room, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.
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
April 26, 1999, that 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, P.L. 94-409. The meeting which involves examination of
records and discussion of Award applicant data, may be closed to the
public in accordance with Section 552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States
Code,
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since the meeting is likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or
financial information obtained from a person and privileged or
confidential.
Dated: July 7. 1999.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 99-19244 Filed 7-27-99; 8:45 am]
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