21 May 2001
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[Federal Register: May 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 98)]
[Notices]
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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, June 5, 2001 from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Wednesday,
June

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6, 2001 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:40 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 Cross-cut Review of Human
Resources, a presentation by a member of the Visiting Committee, a
laboratory tour of the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology,
and a Cross-cut Review of NIST Impact on Law Enforcement. Discussions
scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. end at 5:15 p.m. on June 5, 2001 and to
begin at 8:15 a.m. and to end at 11:40 a.m. on June 6, 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 June 5, 2001 at 8:30 a.m. and will
adjourn at 11:40 a.m. on June 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge,
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: May 14, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 01-12688 Filed 5-18-01; 8:45 am]
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