[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 93 (Friday, May 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 22887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11399]
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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 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 the Visiting Committee on Advanced
Technology (VCAT), National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST), will meet Tuesday, June 9, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Wednesday, June 10, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.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 theme for
this meeting is ``NIST's Laboratory Programs and their Importance to
Documentary Standards Development and Implementation'' with two case
studies in Smart Grid and Health Care Information Technology (IT). The
first day's agenda will include an update on NIST; overviews of the
NIST role in documentary standards, Smart Grid, and Health Care IT;
presentations on the importance of NIST laboratory research programs to
support standards for Smart Grid and Health Care IT; external
perspectives from two guest speakers on the issues and challenges
associated with these two areas; and a related laboratory tour and
software demonstration. On the second day, the agenda calls for a
discussion with the Committee on three key questions related to the
theme of the meeting followed by the VCAT's feedback on summary
findings for the 2009 Annual Report. The agenda may change to
accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the
NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.htm.
DATES: The meeting will convene on June 9, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. and will
adjourn on June 10, 2009, at 11:45 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge,
Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. All visitors
to the NIST site will have to pre-register to be admitted. Please
submit your name, time of arrival, e-mail address and phone number to
Denise Herbert no later than Friday, June 5, 2009, and she will provide
you with instructions for admittance. Ms. Herbert's e-mail address is
[email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-5607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Herbert, Visiting Committee on
Advanced Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1000, telephone number (301) 975-5607.
Dated: May 12, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E9-11399 Filed 5-14-09; 8:45 am]
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