[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42665-42666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15488]
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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 on Wednesday, August
17, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. The purpose of this
meeting is to review the results of examiners' scoring of written
applications. Panel members will vote on which applicants merit site
visits by examiners to verify the accuracy of quality improvements
claimed by applicants. 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 on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, from 9
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. 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, MD 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 of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will meet on Wednesday, August
17, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. The Judges Panel is
composed of twelve members, appointed by the Secretary of Commerce,
with a balanced representation from U.S. service, manufacturing,
nonprofit, education, and health care industries. Members are selected
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 the results
of examiners' scoring of written applications. Panel members will vote
on which applicants merit site visits by examiners to verify the
accuracy of quality improvements claimed by applicants. The meeting is
closed to the public in order to protect the proprietary data to be
examined and discussed.
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, 2016,
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 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Award)
applicant data from U.S. organizations and a discussion of these data
as compared to the Award criteria
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in order to recommend Award recipients, will be closed to the public.
Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2016-15488 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am]
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