[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27939-27940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12688]


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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, June 5, 2001 from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Wednesday, 
June

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6, 2001 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. The Visiting Committee on Advanced 
Technology is composed of nine 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 a Cross-cut Review of Human 
Resources, a presentation by a member of the Visiting Committee, a 
laboratory tour of the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, 
and a Cross-cut Review of NIST Impact on Law Enforcement. Discussions 
scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. end at 5:15 p.m. on June 5, 2001 and to 
begin at 8:15 a.m. and to end at 11:40 a.m. on June 6, 2001, 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 5, 2001 at 8:30 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 11:40 a.m. on June 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge, 
Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet R. Russell, Administrative 
Coordinator, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1004, 
telephone number (301) 975-2107.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
with the concurrence of the General Counsel, formally determined on 
February 12, 2001, 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.

    Dated: May 14, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-12688 Filed 5-18-01; 8:45 am]
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