Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 109 / Tuesday, June 7, 2022 / Notices 34657 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 

National Quality Award; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Judges Panel of the 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award (Judges Panel) will meet on 

Wednesday, June 15, 2022, from 9:00 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The 

purpose of this meeting is to discuss 

and review the role and responsibilities 

of the Judges Panel and information 

received from the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) in 

order to ensure the integrity of the 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award (Award) selection process. The 

agenda will include: Judges Panel roles 

and processes; Baldrige Program 

updates; new business/public comment; 

lessons learned from the 2021 judging 

process; recommended award process 

improvements from the Board of 

Overseers focus group; and the 

suspension of the 2022 Award process. 

A portion of this meeting is closed to 

the public in order to protect the 

proprietary data to be examined and 

discussed. 

DATES: The Judges Panel will meet on 

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 from 9:00 

a.m. Eastern Time until 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The portion of the 

meeting that is closed to the public will 

take place on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 

from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Courtyard Gaithersburg 

Washingtonian Center, 204 Boardwalk 

Place, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 and a 

virtual option will be available. Please 

note admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige 

Performance Excellence Program, email 

robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov or phone 

number 301–975–4781. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is 

hereby given that the Judges Panel of the 

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award will meet on Wednesday, June 

15, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. The Judges Panel is 

composed of no less than nine and not 

more than twelve members, appointed 

by the Secretary of Commerce, chosen 

for their familiarity with quality 

improvement operations and 

competitiveness issues of manufacturing 

companies, service companies, small 

businesses, nonprofits, health care 

providers, and educational institutions. 

The primary purpose of this meeting is 

to assemble to discuss and review the 

role and responsibilities of the Judges 

Panel and information received from 

NIST in order to ensure the integrity of 

the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award selection process. During the 

closed session on June 15, 2022 from 

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the Judges Panel 

will discuss lessons learned from the 

2021 judging process and the 

suspension of the 2022 Award process. 

The agenda may change to 

accommodate Judges Panel business. 

The final agenda will be posted on the 

NIST website at https://www.nist.gov/ 

baldrige/how-baldrige-works/baldrigecommunity/judges-panel. 

The open portion of the meeting from 

9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time will 

include discussions on the Judges Panel 

roles and processes and Baldrige 

program updates and is open to the 

public. Individuals and representatives 

of organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Panel’s business are invited to request a 

place on the agenda. Approximately 30 

minutes will be reserved for public 

comments and speaking times will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-serve 

basis. The amount of time per speaker 

will be determined by the number of 

requests received but is likely to be 

about three minutes each. Questions 

from the public will not be considered 

during this period. Requests must be 

submitted by email to Robyn Verner at 

robyn.verner@nist.gov and must be 

received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

June 9, 2022 to be considered. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, and those who were 

unable to participate are invited to 

submit written statements by email to 

robyn.verner@nist.gov. 

Admittance instructions: All 

participants will need to pre-register to 

be admitted. Please contact Ms. Verner 

by email at robyn.verner@nist.gov or 

301–975–2361 and she will provide you 

with instructions for admittance in 

person or for virtual. All requests must 

be received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Thursday, June, 9, 2022. 

The portion of the meeting from 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time will 

include discussions on lessons learned 

from the 2021 judging process and on 

the suspension of the 2022 Award 

process, and is closed to the public in 

order to protect the proprietary data to 

be examined and discussed. The Acting 

Chief Financial Officer and Assistant 

Secretary for Administration, with the 

concurrence of the Assistant General 

Counsel for Employment, Litigation and 

Information, formally determined on 

November 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 

10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended by Section 

5(c) of the Government in Sunshine Act, 

Public Law 94–409, that a portion of the 

meeting of the Judges Panel may be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) because the meeting 

is likely to disclose trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

obtained from a person which is 

privileged or confidential and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B) because the meeting is 

likely to disclose information the 

premature disclosure of which would, 

in the case of any agency, be likely to 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

a proposed agency action. Portions of 

the meeting involve examination of 

prior year Award applicant data. Award 

applicant data are directly related to the 

commercial activities and confidential 

information of the applicants. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), the 

Federal Register notice for this meeting 

is being published fewer than 15 

calendar days prior to the meeting as 

exceptional circumstances exist. It is 

imperative that the meeting be held on 

June 15, 2022 to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. The Federal Register 

notice could not be published 

previously due to the need to 

accommodate schedules, as well as the 

logistical and scheduling challenges of 

arranging for an in-person meeting as 

well as a virtual option due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic. 

(Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) as 

amended, and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.) 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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