[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 58704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24733]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Judges Panel) will meet in closed session Monday through Friday,
November 2-6, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time each
day. The purpose of this meeting is to review recommendations from site
visits, and recommend 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
recipients. The meeting is closed to the public in order to protect the
proprietary data to be examined and discussed at the meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held Monday through Friday, November 2-6,
2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time each day. The entire
meeting will be closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899-1020, telephone number (301) 975-2360, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5
U.S.C. app., notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel will meet
Monday through Friday, November 2-6, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30
p.m. Eastern Time each day. The Judges Panel is composed of twelve
members, appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, chosen for their
familiarity with quality improvement operations and competitiveness
issues of manufacturing companies, service companies, small businesses,
health care providers, and educational institutions. Members are also
chosen who have broad experience in for-profit and nonprofit areas. The
purpose of this meeting is to review recommendations from site visits,
and recommend 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients.
The meeting is closed to the public in order to protect the proprietary
data to be examined and discussed at the meeting.
The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of the Acting Assistant General
Counsel for Administration, formally determined on May 19, 2015,
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended by Section 5(c) of the Government in Sunshine Act, Public Law
94-409, that the meeting of the Judges Panel may be closed to the
public in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) because the meeting is
likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial
information obtained from a person which is privileged or confidential;
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) because for a government agency the meeting
is likely to disclose information that could significantly frustrate
implementation of a proposed agency action. The meeting, which involves
examination of current Award applicant data from U.S. organizations and
a discussion of these data as compared to the Award criteria in order
to recommend Award recipients, will be closed to the public.
Richard Cavanagh,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-24733 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
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