[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 7752] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-4148] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Partially Closed Meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet Tuesday, March 11, 1997 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology is composed of fifteen members appointed by the Director of NIST who are eminent in such fields as business, research, new product development, engineering, labor, education, management consulting, environment, and international relations. The purpose of this meeting is to review and make recommendations regarding general policy for the Institute, 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 programs; report on NIST facilities program, report on Advanced Technology Program (ATP) and the ATP Focused Program: Materials Processing for Heavy Manufacturing, presentation on mobile robots, discussion of the Institute budget, and a NIST laboratory tour. The discussion on the Institute budget scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. and end at 5:15 p.m., on March 11, 1997, will be closed. DATES: The meeting will convene March 11, 1997, at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 5:15 p.m. on March 11, 1997. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge (seating capacity 80, includes 38 participants), Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris E. Kuyatt, Visiting Committee Executive Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone number (301) 975-6090. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on January 23, 1997, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology which involve discussion of proposed funding of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Advanced Technology Program may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because those portions of the meetings will divulge matters the premature disclosure of which would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency actions; and that portions of meetings which involve discussion of the staffing issues of management and other positions at NIST may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because divulging information discussed in those portions of the meetings is likely to reveal information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasions of personal privacy. Dated: February 13, 1997. Elaine Bunten-Mines, Director, Program Office. [FR Doc. 97-4148 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-M