[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59592-59593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23895]
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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: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or
Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will
meet in open session on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Mountain Time and Wednesday, October 17, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. Mountain Time. The VCAT is composed of fifteen members
appointed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and
Technology who are eminent in such fields as business, research, new
product development, engineering, labor, education, management
consulting, environment, and international relations.
DATES: The VCAT will meet on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Mountain Time and Wednesday, October 17, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. Mountain Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Building 81, Room 1A116, at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado
80305-3328. Please note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Shaw, VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau
Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1060, telephone number 301-975-
2667. Ms. Shaw's email address is stephanie.shaw@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
The purpose of this meeting is to 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. The agenda will include an
update on NIST followed by presentations and discussions on NIST's R&D
planning and its activities and programs related to the Centers of
Excellence, manufacturing, and next generation of measurement services.
The VCAT Subcommittee on Safety will review and discuss its recent
activities. The meeting also will include laboratory tours and conclude
with a wrap-up discussion of recommendations and the path forward for
the 2012 VCAT Annual Report. The agenda may change to accommodate
Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST web
site at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm.
Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's affairs are
invited to request a place on the agenda. On October 17, approximately
one-half hour will be reserved in the morning for public comments and
speaking times will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. The
amount of time per speaker will be determined by the number of requests
received, but is likely to be about 3 minutes each. The exact time for
public comments will be included in the final agenda that will be
posted on the NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm. Questions from the public will not be considered during
this period. Speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements,
those who had wished to speak, but could not be accommodated on the
agenda, and those who were unable to attend in person are invited to
submit written statements to the VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1060,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, via fax at 301-216-0529 or electronically
by email to gail.ehrlich@nist.gov.
All visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be
admitted. Please submit your name, time of arrival, email address and
phone number to Stephanie Shaw by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday,
October 9, 2012. Non-U.S. citizens must also submit their country of
citizenship, title, employer/sponsor, and address. Ms. Shaw's email
address is stephanie.shaw@nist.gov and her phone number is 301-975-
2667.
Dated: September 25, 2012.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-23895 Filed 9-27-12; 8:45 am]
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