[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 230 (Friday, November 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 72451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28312]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology; Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.
2, notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Board of
Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on December
11, 2008. The Board of Overseers is composed of eleven members
prominent in the fields of quality, innovation, and performance
management and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, assembled to
advise the Secretary of Commerce on the conduct of the Baldrige Award.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and review information
received from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and
from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award. The agenda will include: Report from the Judges' Panel,
Baldrige Program (BNQP) Update, BNQP Strategic Plan, Potential STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Education Program, Use of
the Consumer Price Index as an Inflator for the Baldrige Award
Application fees, and Recommendations for the NIST Director.
DATES: The meeting will convene December 11, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. and
adjourn at 3 p.m. on December 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Administration Building, Lecture Room B,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. All visitors to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology site will have to pre-register to be admitted.
Please submit your name, time of arrival, email address and phone
number to Diane Harrison no later than Monday, December 8, 2008, and
she will provide you with instructions for admittance. Ms. Harrison's
e-mail address is [email protected] and her phone number is (301)
975-2361.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Harry Hertz, Director, Baldrige
National Quality Program, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, telephone number (301) 975-
2361.
Dated: November 20, 2008.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E8-28312 Filed 11-26-08; 8:45 am]
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