[Federal Register: September 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 176)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Manufacturing Extension Partnership National Advisory Board

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 Manufacturing Extension Partnership
National Advisory Board (MEPNAB), National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), will meet Thursday, September 25, 2003, from 8 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. The MEPNAB is composed of nine members appointed by the
Director of NIST who were selected for their expertise in the area of
industrial extension and their work on behalf of smaller manufacturers.
The Board was established to fill a need for outside input on MEP. MEP
is a unique program consisting of centers in all 50 states and Puerto
Rico. The centers have been created by state, federal, and local
partnerships. The Board works closely with MEP to provide input and
advice on MEP's programs, plans, and policies. The purpose of this
meeting is to update the board on the latest program developments at
MEP including a MEP Metrics Update and a presentation on What Fuels
China's Growth. Discussions scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and to end at
3:30 p.m. on September 25, 2003, on MEP budget issues will be closed.
All visitors to the National Institute of Standards and Technology site
will have to pre-register to be admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this
meeting must register 48 hours in advance in order to be admitted.
Please submit your name, time of arrival, email address and phone
number to Carolyn Peters no later than Tuesday, September 23, 2003, and
she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Ms. Peter's
email address is carolyn.peters@nist.gov and her phone number is 301/
975-5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene September 25, 2003 at 8 a.m. and will
adjourn at 3:30 p.m. on September 25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees' Lounge,
Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please
note admittance instructions under SUMMARY paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hines, Manufacturing Extension
Partnership, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-4800, telephone number (301) 975-3360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration,
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on
March 11, 2003, that portions of the meeting which involve discussion
of proposed funding of the MEP may be closed in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because that portion will divulge matters the
premature disclosure of which would be likely to significantly
frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions; and that portions
of the meeting which involve discussion of the staffing of positions in
MEP may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because
divulging information discussed in that portion of the meeting is
likely to reveal information of a personal nature, where disclosure
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Dated: September 5, 2003.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-23177 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]

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