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who are interested in speaking are asked 

to contact the Board Secretariat at the 

telephone number indicated below. In 

addition, written statements are invited 

and may be submitted to the Board at 

any time. Written statements should be 

directed to the ISPAB Secretariat, 

Information Technology Laboratory, 100 

Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. It would 

be appreciated if 25 copies of written 

material were submitted for distribution 

to the Board and attendees no later than 

September 8, 2006. Approximately 15 

seats will be available for the public and 

media. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Pauline Bowen, Board Secretariat, 

Information Technology Laboratory, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930, 

telephone: (301) 975–2938. 

Dated: August 24, 2006. 

William Jeffrey, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 06–7288 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–P 

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 the Judges 

Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National 

Quality Award will meet Thursday, 

September 14, 2006. The Judges Panel is 

composed of ten members prominent in 

the field of quality management and 

appointed by the Secretary of 

Commerce. The purpose of this meeting 

is to review the consensus process, 

select applicants for site visits, 

determine possible conflict of interest 

for site visited organizations, begin stage 

3 judging process, discuss Judges’

survey revisions, review feedback to 

first stage applicants, a debriefing on the 

State and Local Workshop and a 

program update. The applications under 

review contain trade secrets and 

proprietary commercial information 

submitted to the Government in 

confidence. 

DATES: The meeting will convene 

September 14, 2006 at 8:15 a.m. and 

adjourn at 3 p.m. on September 14, 

2006. The entire meeting will be closed. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Administration Building, 

Lecture Room D, 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 

December 27, 2005, 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, Public 

Law 94–409. The meeting, which 

involves examination of Award 

applicant data from U.S. companies 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: August 24, 2006. 

William Jeffrey, 

Director. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 081606A] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; U.S. 

Atlantic Swordfish Fishery Public 

Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meetings. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold five public 

meetings in September 2006 in order to 

obtain recommendations from swordfish 

fishery participants and other members 

of the public regarding potential 

management measures for the U.S. 

Atlantic swordfish fishery so as to fully 

harvest the quota allocated to the United 

States by the International Commission 

for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas 

(ICCAT). 

DATES: The public meetings will be held 

in September 2006. For specific dates 

and times see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be 

held in Peabody, MA; Manahawkin, NJ; 

Manteo, NC; Panama City, FL; and 

Houma, LA. For specific locations see 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sari 

Kiraly at (301) 713–2347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The U.S. Atlantic swordfish fishery is 

managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, 

Swordfish and Sharks, and regulations 

at 50 CFR part 635 under the authority 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and the Atlantic 

Tunas Convention Act (ATCA) (16 

U.S.C. 971 et seq.). Regulations issued 

under the authority of ATCA implement 

the recommendations of ICCAT. In the 

last several years, the U.S. Atlantic 

swordfish fishery has not fully 

harvested the available quota allocated 

by ICCAT. The adjusted 2005 North 

Atlantic swordfish total quota was 

6,336.1 mt dw, which included a 

baseline quota of 2,937.6 and a quota 

carry-over of 3,398.5 mt dw. The total 

U.S. North Atlantic quota allocation for 

the 2006 fishing year is 2,937.6 mt dw, 

and the carry-over is yet to be 

determined. NMFS anticipates that the 

pending September 2006 stock 

assessment may identify the North 

Atlantic swordfish stock as fully rebuilt. 

Fishermen and others have asked NMFS 

to assist in revitalizing this fishery. 

Also, at its November 2006 meeting 

ICCAT will likely review swordfish 

management measures and quota 

allocations. Therefore NMFS is 

considering potential management 

measures for the U.S. Atlantic swordfish 

fishery that would address factors 

limiting the ability to catch the allocated 

quota, and to aid in revitalizing the 

fishery so that swordfish are harvested 

in a sustainable and economically viable 

manner, while bycatch is minimized to 

the extent practicable. At the September 

2006 public meetings NMFS wishes to 

obtain recommendations from swordfish 

fishery participants and other members 

of the public regarding potential 

management measures for the fishery to 

fully harvest the available quota. 


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