[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 96 (Friday, May 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 28433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11034]


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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: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 
2, notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award will meet Tuesday, June 3, 2008. The Judges 
Panel is composed of twelve members prominent in the fields of quality, 
innovation, and performance excellence and appointed by the Secretary 
of Commerce. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Judging 
process and Judging process changes for 2008; role of Judges' in award 
process; overview of scoring data; 2008 Baldrige award cycle; the 
Judges' survey of applicants; and the Judges' mentoring process. The 
applications under review by Judges contain trade secrets and 
proprietary commercial information submitted to the Government in 
confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June 3, 2008 at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 
4:30 p.m. on June 3, 2008. The entire meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room A, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, National 
Quality Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, telephone number (301) 975-2361.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
March 4, 2008, that the meeting of the Judges Panel will be closed 
pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. app. 2, as amended by Section 5(c) of the Government in the 
Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409. The meeting, which involves examination 
of Award applicant data from U.S. companies and other organizations and 
a discussion of this data as compared to the Award criteria in order to 
recommend Award recipients, may be closed to the public in accordance 
with Section 552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States Code, because the 
meetings are likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or 
financial information obtained from a person which is privileged or 
confidential.

    Dated: May 9, 2008.
James M. Turner,
Deputy Director.
 [FR Doc. E8-11034 Filed 5-15-08; 8:45 am]
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