[Federal Register: September 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 178)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

 
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award; 
Meeting

AGENCY: National 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 
Thursday, September 24, 1998. 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 
consensus process, determine possible conflict of interest for site 
visited companies, select applicants for site visits, begin stage III 
of the judging process, and review of feedback to first stage 
applicants. The applications under review contain trade secrets and 
proprietary commercial information submitted to the Government in 
confidence.

DATE: The meeting will convene September 24, 1998 at 8:00 a.m. and 
adjourn at 4:00 p.m. on September 24, 1998. The entire meeting will be 
closed.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building 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 May 
22, 1998, 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, 
since the meeting is likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or 
financial information obtained from a person and privileged or 
confidential.

    Dated: September 10, 1998.
Robert E. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-24740 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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