Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 105 / Thursday, June 3, 2021 / Notices 29757 

Judges Panel is composed of 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 16, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. 

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

discuss lessons learned from the 2020 

judging process and the 2021 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 

11:00 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, 2021 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 or 301–975–2361. 

Admittance instructions: All 

participants will be attending via 

webinar. Please contact Ms. Verner by 

email at robyn.verner@nist.gov or 301– 

975–2361 for detailed instructions on 

how to join the webinar. All requests 

must be received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Wednesday, June, 9, 2021. 

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 2020 judging process and on 

the 2021 Award process, and is closed 

to the public in order to protect the 

proprietary data to be examined and 

discussed. The Chief Financial Officer 

and Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the Assistant General Counsel for 

Employment, Litigation and 

Information, formally determined, 

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 for a government agency the 

meeting is likely to disclose information 

that could 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), this 

Federal Register notice for this meeting 

is being published fewer than 15 

calendar days prior to the meeting as 

exceptional circumstances exist due to 

COVID–19. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2021–0006; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0397] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Requests for 

Equitable Adjustment 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposed extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to 

comments received by July 6, 2021. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS), Contract 

Modifications and related clause at 

DFARS 252.243–7002; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0397. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

extension. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Respondents: 131. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 131. 

Hours per response: 14.3, 

approximately. 

Estimated Hours: 1,879. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection required by the clause at 

DFARS 252.243–7002, Requests for 

Equitable Adjustment, implements 10 

U.S.C. 2410(a). The clause requires 

contractors to certify that requests for 

equitable adjustment exceeding the 

simplified acquisition threshold are 

made in good faith and that the 

supporting data are accurate and 

complete. The clause also requires 

contractors to fully disclose all facts 

relevant to the requests for equitable 

adjustment. DoD contracting officers 

and auditors use this information to 

evaluate contractor requests for 

equitable adjustments to contracts. 

Comments and recommendations on 

the proposed information collection 

should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson, 

DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer and the Docket ID number 

and title of the information collection. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Regulatory Control Officer, Defense 

Acquisition Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11625 Filed 6–2–21; 8:45 am] 

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