[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4245]


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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, March 6, 2001 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, 
March 7, 2001 from 9:15 a.m. to 11 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 
briefing on construction of the Advanced Measurement Laboratory; a 
presentation, ``In the News: What Are They Saying About NIST?''; and 
participation by members in the NIST Centennial event, ``NIST and 
Industry: Teaming Up in the New Century.'' Discussions scheduled to 
begin at 8:30 a.m. end at 10:15 a.m. on March 6, 2001 and to begin at 
9:15 a.m. and to end at 11 a.m. on March 7, 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 March 6, 2001 at 8:30 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 11 a.m. on March 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Tenth Floor Conference Room, 
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: February 14, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-4245 Filed 2-20-01; 8:45 am]
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