[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46655-46656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22217]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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.
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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 September 16, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Dr. Brian C. Belanger,
Executive Director, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop
1004, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1004. 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/
vcat.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Brian C. Belanger, Executive
Director, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1004,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1004; telephone 301-975-4720, fax 301-948-1224;
or via email at brian.belanger@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. VCAT Information
The VCAT was established in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 278 and the
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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 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.
3. The Committee shall report to the Director of NIST.
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 the Institute, or with which the Committee in its
official role as the private sector policy adviser of the Institute is
concerned. Each such report shall identify areas of research and
research techniques of the Institute 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 the National Institute of Standards and
Technology 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 hours, 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 17, 1999.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 99-22217 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]
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