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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 6, 2013 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
AGENCY:
The Judges Panel of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Award) will meet in closed
session on Wednesday, August 28, 2013,
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Eastern time. The
purpose of this meeting is to review the
results of examiners’ scoring of written
applications. Panel members will vote
on which applicants merit site visits by
examiners to verify the accuracy of
quality improvements claimed by
applicants.
DATES: The meeting will convene on
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 9:00 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m., Eastern time. 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, Maryland 20899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Fangmeyer, Acting Director,
Baldrige Performance Excellence
Program, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899, telephone number
(301) 975–4781, email
robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
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Dated: July 30, 2013.
Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation & Industry
Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
App., notice is hereby given that the
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award will meet on
Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 9:00 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m., Eastern time. The 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, services
companies, small businesses, health
care providers, and educational
institutions. Members are also chosen
who have broad experience in for-profit
and nonprofit areas. The purpose of this
meeting is to review the results of
examiners’ scoring of written
applications. Panel members will vote
on which applicants merit site visits by
examiners to verify the accuracy of
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quality improvements claimed by
applicants.
The Senior Advisor to the Deputy
Secretary performing the non-exclusive
duties of the Chief Financial Officer and
Assistant Secretary for Administration,
with the concurrence of the General
Counsel, formally determined on March
19, 2013, 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 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. The meeting, which involves
examination of Award applicant data
from U.S. companies and other
organizations and a discussion of these
data as compared to the Award criteria
in order to select applicants for site visit
review, conducted prior to
recommending Award recipients, will
be closed to the public.
Genome in a Bottle Consortium—
Progress and Planning Workshop
National Institute of Standards
& Technology (NIST), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshop.
AGENCY:
NIST announces the Genome
in a Bottle Consortium meeting to be
held on Thursday and Friday, August 15
and 16, 2013. The Genome in a Bottle
Consortium is developing the reference
materials, reference methods, and
reference data needed to assess
confidence in human whole genome
variant calls. A principal motivation for
this consortium is to enable
performance assessment of sequencing
and science-based regulatory oversight
of clinical sequencing. The purpose of
this meeting is to update participants
about progress of the consortium work,
continue to get broad input from
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individual stakeholders to update or
refine the consortium work plan,
continue to broadly solicit consortium
membership from interested
stakeholders, and invite members to
participate in work plan
implementation.
DATES: The Genome in a Bottle
Consortium meeting will be held on
Thursday, August 15, 2013 from 9:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time and
Friday, August 16, 2013 from 9:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Attendees
must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
on Thursday, August 8, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899 in Room C103–
C106, Building 215. Please note
admittance instructions under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Justin Zook
by email at jzook@nist.gov or by phone
at (301) 975–4133 or Marc Salit by email
at salit@nist.gov or by phone at (650)
350–2338. To register, go to: https://
www-s.nist.gov/CRS/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Clinical
application of ultra high throughput
sequencing (UHTS) for hereditary
genetic diseases and oncology is rapidly
growing. At present, there are no widely
accepted genomic standards or
quantitative performance metrics for
confidence in variant calling. These
standards and quantitative performance
metrics are needed to achieve the
confidence in measurement results
expected for sound, reproducible
research and regulated applications in
the clinic. On April 13, 2012, NIST
convened the workshop ‘‘Genome in a
Bottle’’ to initiate a consortium to
develop the reference materials,
reference methods, and reference data
needed to assess confidence in human
whole genome variant calls. On August
16–17, 2012, NIST hosted the first large
public meeting of the Genome in a
Bottle Consortium, with about 100
participants from government,
academic, and industry. A principal
motivation for this consortium is to
enable science-based regulatory
oversight of clinical sequencing.
At the August 2012 meeting, the
consortium established work plans for
four technical working groups with the
following responsibilities:
(1) Reference Material (RM) Selection
and Design: select appropriate sources
for whole genome RMs and identify or
design synthetic DNA constructs that
could be spiked-in to samples for
measurement assurance.
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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 (Award) will meet in closed session on Wednesday, August 28,
2013, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Eastern time. The purpose of this meeting
is to review the results of examiners' scoring of written applications.
Panel members will vote on which applicants merit site visits by
examiners to verify the accuracy of quality improvements claimed by
applicants.
DATES: The meeting will convene on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 9:00
a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Eastern time. 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, Maryland
20899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Acting Director,
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, telephone
number (301) 975-4781, email robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov.
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 of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will meet on Wednesday, August
28, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Eastern time. The 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, services companies,
small businesses, health care providers, and educational institutions.
Members are also chosen who have broad experience in for-profit and
nonprofit areas. The purpose of this meeting is to review the results
of examiners' scoring of written applications. Panel members will vote
on which applicants merit site visits by examiners to verify the
accuracy of quality improvements claimed by applicants.
The Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary performing the non-
exclusive duties of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary
for Administration, with the concurrence of the General Counsel,
formally determined on March 19, 2013, 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 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. The
meeting, which involves examination of Award applicant data from U.S.
companies and other organizations and a discussion of these data as
compared to the Award criteria in order to select applicants for site
visit review, conducted prior to recommending Award recipients, will be
closed to the public.
Dated: July 30, 2013.
Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2013-18938 Filed 8-5-13; 8:45 am]
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