[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 215 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 60065-60066] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-29381] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 on Tuesday, December 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 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, [[Page 60066]] its budget, and its programs within the framework of applicable national policies as set forth by the President and the Congress. On December 2, 1997, the agenda will include an update on NIST programs; presentations on the NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP), the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP); a laboratory tour; and discussions on the Institute budget and staffing of management positions. Discussions on the NIST budget, including funding levels of the MEP and ATP programs scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and to end at 9:00 a.m. on December 2, 1997; and staffing of management positions at NIST scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. and to end at 5:00 p.m. on December 2, 1997, will be closed. DATES: The meeting will convene on December 2, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on December 2, 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 July 25, 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 invasion of personal privacy. Dated: October 30, 1997. Elaine Bunten-Mines, Director, Program Office. [FR Doc. 97-29381 Filed 11-5-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-M