[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43912-43913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21465]
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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: Request for nominations of members to serve on the Visiting
Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT).
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SUMMARY: NIST invites and requests nomination of individuals for
appointment to the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT).
The terms of some of the members of the VCAT will soon expire. NIST
will consider nominations received in response to this notice for
appointment to the Committee, in addition to nominations already
received.
DATES: Please submit nominations on or before August 28, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Peggy Webb, VCAT Administrative
Coordinator, NIST, Building 101, Room A531, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
Nominations may also be submitted via FAX to 301-948-1224. Additional
information regarding the Committee, including its charter, current
membership list, and executive summary may be found on its electronic
home page at: http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/act-97.htm>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Webb, VCAT Administrative Coordinator, NIST, Building 101, Room
A531, Gaithersburg MD 20899;
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telephone 301-975-2107; FAX--301-948-1224; or via e-mail at
peggy.webb@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. VCAT Information
The VCAT was established in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 278 and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Objectives and Duties
1. The Committee shall review and make recommendations regarding
general policy for NIST, its organization, its budget, and its
programs, within the framework of applicable national policies as set
forth by the President and the Congress.
2. The Committee functions solely as an advisory body, in
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
4. The Committee shall provide a written annual report, through the
Director of NIST, to the Secretary of Commerce for submission to the
Congress on or before January 31 each year. Such report shall deal
essentially, though not necessarily exclusively, with policy issues or
matters which affect NIST, or with which the Committee in its official
role as the private sector policy adviser of NIST is concerned. Each
such report shall identify areas of research and research techniques of
NIST of potential importance to the long-term competitiveness of United
States industry, which could be used to assist United States
enterprises and United States industrial joint research and development
ventures. The Committee shall submit to the Secretary and the Congress
such additional reports on specific policy matters as it deems
appropriate.
Membership
1. The Committee is composed of fifteen members that provide
representation of a cross-section of traditional and emerging United
States industries. Members shall be selected solely on the basis of
established records of distinguished service, and shall be eminent in
one or more fields such as business, research, new product development,
engineering, labor, education, management consulting, environment, and
international relations. No employee of the Federal Government shall
serve as a member of the Committee.
2. The Director of NIST shall appoint the members of the Committee,
and they will be selected on a clear, standardized basis, In accordance
with applicable Department of Commerce guidance.
Miscellaneous
1. Members of the VCAT are not paid for their service, but will,
upon request, be allowed travel expenses in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
5701 et seq., while attending meetings of the Committee or of its
subcommittees, or while otherwise performing duties at the request of
the chairperson, while away from their homes or a regular place of
business.
2. Meetings of the VCAT take place in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area, usually at the NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg,
Maryland, and once each year at the NIST headquarters in Boulder,
Colorado. Meetings are one or two days in duration and are held
quarterly.
3. Committee meetings are open to the public except for
approximately one hour, usually at the beginning of the meeting, a
closed session is held 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.
All other portions of the meetings are open to the public.
II. Nomination Information
1. Nominations are sought from all fields described above.
2. Nominees should have established records of distinguished
service and shall be eminent in fields such as business, research, new
product development, engineering, labor, education, management
consulting, environment and international relations. The category
(field of eminence) for which the candidate is qualified should be
specified in the nomination letter. Nominations for a particular
category should come from organizations or individuals within that
category. A summary of the candidate's qualifications should be
included with the nomination, including (where applicable) current or
former service on federal advisory boards and federal employment. In
addition, each nomination letter should state that the person agrees to
the nomination, acknowledge the responsibilities of serving on the
VCAT, and will actively participate in good faith in the tasks of the
VCAT. Besides participation at meetings, it is desired that members be
able to devote the equivalent of two days between meetings to either
developing or researching topics of potential interest, and so forth in
furtherance of their Committee duties.
3. The Department of Commerce is committed to equal opportunity in
the workplace and seeks a broad-based and diverse VCAT membership.
Dated: August 6, 1998.
Robert E. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-21465 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]
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