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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21337]

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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.

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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, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet Tuesday, September 9, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on 
Wednesday, September 10, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 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. On September 9, 1997, the agenda will include an update on 
NIST programs; presentations on the NIST facilities program, the 
National Quality Program and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership; 
discussion of the Institute budget; and on September 10, 1997, a 
briefing and laboratory tour of the National Advanced Manufacturing 
Testbed. Discussions on the NIST budget, including funding levels of 
the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and staffing of management 
positions at NIST scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m. and to end at 5:00 
p.m. on September 9, 1997, will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene on September 9, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. and 
will adjourn at 9:30 a.m. on September 10, 1997.

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:
Chris E. Kuyatt, Visiting Committee Executive Director, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 
telephone number (301) 975-6090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
July 25, 1997, that portions of the meeting of the Visiting Committee 
on Advanced Technology which involve discussion of proposed funding of 
the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Advanced Technology 
Program may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), 
because those portions of the meeting 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.

    Dated: August 5, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc 97-21337 Filed 8-12-97; 8:45 am]
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