Billing Code: 3510-13 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety - II 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on 

Management and Safety – II and Notice of Open Meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. app.), the 

Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology announces the 

establishment of the NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety – II 

“Commission”. The Commission will assess NIST’s progress in addressing the findings 

of the first NIST Blue Ribbon Commission and identify additional opportunities to 

strengthen management and safety at NIST. This Notice also provides notice of two 

open meetings of the Commission. Agendas for the meetings will be posted on the 

agency’s web site, http://www.nist.gov/director. 

DATES: The Commission will meet on October 12, 2010 in Gaithersburg, Maryland and 

on October 20, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado. 
ADDRESS: Comments on the Commission’s establishment should be submitted to 

Kevin Kimball, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 101, MS 1000, 

100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899; telephone: (301) 975-3070; email: 

kevin.kimball@nist.gov. 

Locations of the meetings and instructions for visitor admission may be found in Section 

IV, Notice of Public Meetings, of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Kimball, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Building 101, MS 1000, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, 

MD, 20899; telephone: (301) 975-3070; email: kevin.kimball@nist.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety – II is established to 

assess NIST’s progress in addressing the findings of the first NIST Blue Ribbon 

Commission and identify additional opportunities to strengthen management and safety at 

NIST. In particular, the Commission will assess NIST’s progress in: 

Making safety a core value at NIST; 

Integrating safety with the conduct of operations in a meaningful way across 

organizational units; 
Benchmarking safety protocols and performance against similar organizations 

with strong safety cultures; 

Addressing a serious lack of resources for safety; and 

Engaging a staff that is eager, willing, and ready to embrace a safety culture. 

The Commission will submit a written report on its findings. 

II. Structure 

The Director shall appoint the members of the Commission. The Commission will 

have eight members. Each member will be either a member of the first NIST Blue 

Ribbon Commission or a current member of the NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology. Each member will be a qualified expert with public or private sector 

experience in one or more of the following areas: (a) Management and organizational 

structure; (b) Training and human resources operations; (c) Laboratory management and 

safety; (d) Hazardous materials safety; (e) Emergency medical response; (f) 

Environmental safety; (g) Environmental remediation; and (h) Security for hazardous 

materials. 

Each member will serve for the duration of the Commission. Members shall serve as 

Special Government Employees (SGEs) as such employees are defined in 18 U.S.C. 

202(a). 
III. Compensation 

Members shall receive per diem and travel expenses as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5703, 

as amended, for persons employed intermittently in the Government service. No other 

compensation shall be provided. 

IV. Notice of Open Meetings 

The meeting being held on October 12, 2010 will be held at the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Administrative Building, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899. 

The meeting being held on October 20, 2010 will be held at the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Building 1, Room 1103/1105, Boulder, Colorado. 

Agendas for the meeting will be posted on the agency’s website, 

http://www.nist.gov/director 

To enable NIST to make arrangements to admit visitors to the NIST campus, anyone 

wishing to attend these meetings should submit name, email address and phone number 

to Mary Lou Norris (marylou.norris@nist.gov) no later than October 5, 2010. 

Dated: 

 

Harry S. Hertz 

Director, Baldrige National Quality Program