[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 44752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18255]
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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
27, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. until 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 27, 2014, from
9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The entire meeting will be
closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gaithersburg Marriott
Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, telephone number (301) 975-
4781, 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
27, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 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, services 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 at the meeting. The Chief Financial Officer and
Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the
Assistant General Counsel for Administration, formally determined on
March 25, 2014, 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 [sic]) 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.
Dated: July 28, 2014.
Jason Boehm,
Director, Program Coordination Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-18255 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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