Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

• Citation: 84 FR 49248
• Published date: 19 September 2019
• Record Number: 2019-20301
• Section: Notices
• Court: National Institute Of Standards And Technology

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 49248]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-20301]
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                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                National Institute of Standards and Technology
                Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
                AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
                Commerce.
                ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
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                SUMMARY: The Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
                Award (Judges Panel) will meet in closed session Monday, November 4,
                2019 through Friday, November 8, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
                Eastern Time each day. The purpose of this meeting is to review
                recommendations from site visits and recommend 2019 Malcolm Baldrige
                National Quality Award (Award) recipients. The meeting is closed to the
                public in order to protect the proprietary data to be examined and
                discussed at the meeting.
                DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, November 4, 2019 through
                Friday, November 8, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                each day. The entire meeting will be closed to the public.
                ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of
                Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
                Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and
                Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
                1020, telephone number (301) 975-2361, email [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) and the Federal Advisory Committee
                Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
                 Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5
                U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel will meet on
                Monday, November 4, 2019 through Friday, November 8, 2019, from 8:30
                a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time each day. The Judges Panel is
                composed of twelve members, appointed by the Secretary of Commerce,
                with balanced representation from U.S. service, manufacturing,
                nonprofit, education, and health care industries. Members are selected
                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 purpose of this meeting is to review recommendations
                from site visits and recommend 2019 Award recipients. The meeting is
                closed to the public in order to protect the proprietary data to be
                examined and discussed at the meeting.
                 The Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for Administration,
                with the concurrence of the Assistant General Counsel for Employment,
                Litigation, and Information, formally determined on July 1, 2019,
                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 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 and 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. The meeting, which involves examination of
                current Award applicant data from U.S. organizations and a discussion
                of these data as compared to the Award criteria in order to recommend
                Award recipients, will be closed to the public.
                Kevin A. Kimball,
                Chief of Staff.
                [FR Doc. 2019-20301 Filed 9-18-19; 8:45 am]
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