[Federal Register: July 28, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 144)]
[Notices]               
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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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