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Ministers and private sector delegation

members. The head of the U.S.

delegation will also interact with U.S.

private sector participants via

hospitality events and other meetings.

Criteria for Participant Selection

Eligibility

Participating companies must be

incorporated in the United States.

A company is eligible to participate

only if the products and/or services that

it will promote on the U.S. delegation

are either (a) manufactured in the

United States; or (b) if manufactured or

produced outside the United States, are

marketed under the name of a U.S. firm

and have at least 51 percent U.S.

content of the value of the finished

product/service.

Selection Criteria

Five to ten representatives of U.S.

companies will be selected on the basis

of:

• Company representatives’ ability to

participate in discussions of relevant

marketing and investment issues they

face in international trade, and/or

demonstration of knowledge of working

with information or other hightechnology means, including ecommerce, to support strategic alliances

between small and medium-sized firms

(defined as not more than 500

employees) and/or between SMEs and

larger firms. This would reflect

consistency of company’s market

development goals with the scope and

desired outcomes of the mission as

described.

• Whether the company’s overall

business objectives, including those of

any U.S. or overseas affiliates, are fully

consistent with the mission’s foreign

and commercial policy objectives.

• Timely receipt of signed mission

application and registration materials.

For those interested in the optional Gold

Key program in Malaysia, timely receipt

of participation agreement, marketing

form, company brochures, and $500.00

fee for each participating firm.

Mission recruitment will be

conducted in an open and public

manner, including publication in the

Federal Register, posting on the

Internet, direct mail and broadcast fax,

e-mail, notices by industry trade

associations and other multiplier

groups, and press releases.

Any partisan political activities

(including political contributions) of an

applicant are entirely irrelevant to the

selection process.

Time Frame for Applications

Application deadline: The Bruneian

Government has requested that all

participants be identified by no later

than June 10, 2000. ITA staff expect

recruitment outreach to conclude on/

about June 2, 2000, in order to allow for

time for review and approval of

applications from the private sector.

Expressions of interest to obtain

application and registration materials

should be submitted immediately to:

Brenda J. Fisher, APEC Affairs

Coordinator, Room 2316, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.

Phone 202 482 5334, Fax 202 482 3316;

E-mail: BrendalFisher@ita.doc.gov

For overall meeting agendas, list of

speakers, registration fees, and other

administrative/logistical details, please

visit the following websites, which are

being regularly updated.

For SME Ministerial: http://

apecsme2000.rba.com.bn

For E-Commerce Workshop: http://

www.apec2000.gov.bn/ecomm

For SME Business Forum: http://

www.bsmenet.org.bn/bizforum/

index.htm

For Women Leaders’ Meeting: http://

www.apec2000.gov.bn/wln

Dated: May 12, 2000.

Philip R. Agress,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia

and the Pacific, ITA/USDOC.

[FR Doc. 00–12466 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

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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 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, June 6, 2000 from 8:15

a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, June

7, 2000 from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology is composed of fourteen

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; a presentation by one of

the Visiting Committee members on

Engineering Materials for Technological

Applications; an indepth review of the

Information Technology Laboratory; an

indepth review of the Baldridge

National Quality Program; an indepth

review of the Electronics and Electrical

Engineering Laboratory; and a

laboratory tour. Discussions scheduled

to begin at 8 a.m. and to end at 12:15

p.m. on June 7, 2000, on staffing of

management positions at NIST, the

NIST budget, including funding levels

of the Advanced Technology Program

and the Manufacturing Extension

Partnership, and feedback sessions will

be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene June

6, 2000 at 8:15 a.m. and will adjourn at

12:15 p.m. on June 7, 2000.

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: Dr.

Brian C. Belanger, Executive Director,

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1004,

telephone number (301) 975–4720.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on July

15, 1999, that portions of the meeting of

the Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology which involve discussion of

proposed funding of the Advanced

Technology Program and the

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

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.

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Dated: May 10, 2000.

Raymond G. Kammer,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–12442 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

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.

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 Thursday, June 8,

2000. The Board of Overseers is

composed of eleven members prominent

in the field of quality 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

with the members of the Judges Panel of

the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

Award. The agenda will include:

Review Roles/Responsibilities of Judges

and Overseers; Health Care and

Education Update; 2000 Baldrige

Criteria Changes and Future Criteria

Evolution; New Marketing Documents;

Discussion of Program Issues, and Key

Issues from the June 7 Judges’ Meeting.

DATES: The meeting will convene June

8, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 3:00

p.m. on June 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Administration Building

Tenth Floor Conference Room,

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.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

Raymond G. Kammer,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–12441 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

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.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that there will

be a closed meeting of the Judges Panel

of the Malcolm Baldrige National

Quality Award on Wednesday, June 7,

2000. The Judges Panel is composed of

nine members prominent in the field of

quality management and appointed by

the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose

of this meeting is to Review the 2000

Baldrige Award Cycle; Discussion of

Senior Examiner Training for Site Visits

and Final Judging Interaction; Judges’

Survey of Applicants; and Judging

Process Improvement. The applications

under review contain trade secrets and

proprietary commercial information

submitted to the Government in

confidence.

DATES: The meeting will convene June

7, 2000, at 11:00 a.m. and adjourn at

4:30 p.m. on June 7, 2000. The entire

meeting will be closed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Chemistry Building, Room

A228, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Harry Hertz, 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

31, 2000, 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 records and discussion

of Award applicant data, may be closed

to the public in accordance with section

552b(c)(4) of Title 5, United States Code,

since the meeting is likely to disclose

trade secrets and commercial or

financial information obtained from a

person and privileged or confidential.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

Raymond G. Kammer,

Director.

[FR Doc. 00–12582 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 041800A]

Notice of Availability of Draft Stock

Assessment Reports

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request

for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS has revised the Alaska,

Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific

marine mammal stock assessment

reports in accordance with the Marine

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Draft

revised 2000 reports are available for

public review and comment.

DATES: Comments must be received by

August 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send requests for printed

copies of the draft Reports to: Chief,

Marine Mammal Division, Office of

Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

3226, Attn: Stock Assessments. Copies

of the regional reports may also be

requested from Anita Lopez, Alaska

Fisheries Science Center (F/AKC),

NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE BIN

15700, Seattle, WA 98115–0070

(Alaska); Janeen Quintal, Northeast

Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water St.,

Woods Hole, MA 02543 (Northwest

Atlantic); Steven Swartz, Southeast

Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia

Beach Dr., Miami, FL 33149 (MidAtlantic and Gulf of Mexico); and Tim

Price, Southwest Regional Office (F/

SWO3), NMFS, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(Pacific). Electronic copies of the reports

can be found at the following internet

address: http://www.nmfs.gov/

protlres/mammals/salrep/sar.html.

Electronic copies of the Atlantic and

Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock

Assessments can also be found at the

following internet address: http://

www.nefsc.nmfs.gov/psb/

assesspdfs.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Emily Hanson, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, at (301) 713–2322,

ext. 101, Anita Lopez (206) 526–4045,