[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21337]
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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, September 9, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on
Wednesday, September 10, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.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. On September 9, 1997, the agenda will include an update on
NIST programs; presentations on the NIST facilities program, the
National Quality Program and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership;
discussion of the Institute budget; and on September 10, 1997, a
briefing and laboratory tour of the National Advanced Manufacturing
Testbed. Discussions on the NIST budget, including funding levels of
the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and staffing of management
positions at NIST scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m. and to end at 5:00
p.m. on September 9, 1997, will be closed.
DATES: The meeting will convene on September 9, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. and
will adjourn at 9:30 a.m. on September 10, 1997.
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
July 25, 1997, 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 meeting 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: August 5, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc 97-21337 Filed 8-12-97; 8:45 am]
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