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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Board of Overseers of the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award and
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
The Board of Overseers of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Board of Overseers) and the
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award (Judges Panel)
will meet together in open session on
Thursday, June 12, 2014, from 8:30 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board of
Overseers, appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce, reports the results of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Award) activities to the Director
of The National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) each year, along
with its recommendations for the
improvement of the Award process. The
Judges Panel, also appointed by the
Secretary of Commerce, ensures the
integrity of the Award selection process
and recommends Award recipients to
the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose
of this meeting is to discuss and review
information received from the National
SUMMARY:
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Institute of Standards and Technology
and from the Chair of the Judges Panel.
The agenda will include: Baldrige
Program Update, Baldrige Fundraising
Update, Baldrige Judges Panel Update,
Ethics Review, Applicants and
Eligibility, and New Business/Public
Comment.
The meeting will be held on
Thursday, June 12, 2014 from 8:30 a.m.
Eastern time until 3:00 p.m. Eastern
time. The meeting will be open to the
public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Building 101, Lecture
Room A, 100 Bureau Drive,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please
note admittance instructions under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program,
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899–1020, telephone number (301)
975–2360, or by email at
robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1), 15 U.S.C.
3711a(d)(2)(B) 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
Board of Overseers and the Judges Panel
will meet together in open session on
Thursday, June 12, 2014 from 8:30 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board of
Overseers, composed of approximately
eleven members preeminent in the field
of organizational performance
excellence and appointed by the
Secretary of Commerce, make an annual
report on the results of Award activities
to the Director of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST),
along with its recommendations for
improvement of the Award process. The
Judges Panel consists of twelve
members with balanced representation
from U.S. service, manufacturing,
nonprofit, education, and health care
industries. The Panel includes members
familiar with the quality improvement
operations and competitiveness issues
of manufacturing companies, service
companies, small businesses, health
care providers, and educational
institutions. The Judges Panel
recommends Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award recipients to the
Secretary of Commerce.
The purpose of this meeting is to
discuss and review information received
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from the National Institute of Standards
and Technology and from the Chair of
the Judges Panel of the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award. The
agenda will include: Baldrige Program
Update, Baldrige Fundraising Update,
Baldrige Judges Panel Update, Ethics
Review, Applicants and Eligibility, and
New Business/Public Comment. The
agenda may change to accommodate the
Judges Panel and Board of Overseers
business. The final agenda will be
posted on the NIST Baldrige
Performance Excellence Web site at
https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/
community/overseers.cfm. The meeting
is open to the public.
Individuals and representatives of
organizations who would like to offer
comments and suggestions related to the
Board’s affairs and/or the Panel of
Judges’ general process are invited to
request a place on the agenda. On June
12, 2014 approximately one-half hour
will be reserved in the afternoon for
public comments, and speaking times
will be assigned on a first-come, firstserved basis. The amount of time per
speaker will be determined by the
number of requests received, but is
likely to be about 3 minutes each. The
exact time for public comments will be
included in the final agenda that will be
posted on the Baldrige Performance
Excellence Program Web site at https://
www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/
overseers.cfm. Questions from the
public will not be considered during
this period. Speakers who wish to
expand upon their oral statements,
those who had wished to speak, but
could not be accommodated on the
agenda, and those who were unable to
attend in person are invited to submit
written statements to the Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program,
Attention Nancy Young, National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–1020, via
fax at 301–975–4967 or electronically by
email to nancy.young@nist.gov.
All visitors to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology site will
have to pre-register to be admitted.
Please submit your name, time of
arrival, email address and phone
number to Nancy Young no later than
4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, June
5, 2014, and she will provide you with
instructions for admittance. Non-U.S.
citizens must submit additional
information; please contact Nancy
Young. Contact Ms. Young, by email at
nancy.young@nist.gov or by phone at
(301) 975–2361.
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Dated: May 20, 2014.
Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation & Industry
Services.
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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 partially closed
meeting.
AGENCY:
The Judges Panel of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Judges Panel) will meet in on
Wednesday, June 11, 2014, from 9:00
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. The
purpose of this meeting is to discuss
and review the role and responsibilities
of the Judges Panel and information
received from the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) in
order to ensure the integrity of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Award) selection process. The
agenda will include: Judges Panel roles
and processes; Baldrige Program
updates; new business/public comment;
lessons learned from the 2013 judging
process; and the 2014 Award process. A
portion of this meeting is closed to the
public in order to protect the
proprietary data to be examined and
discussed.
DATES: The Judges Panel will be held on
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 from 9:00
a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. The
portion of the meeting, from 9:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m., will include discussions
on the Judges Panel roles and processes
and Baldrige program updates. This
session is open to the public. Please
note admittance instructions under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice. The portion of the meeting
from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., will
include discussions on lessons learned
from the 2013 judging process and on
the 2014 Award process. This session is
closed to the public in order to protect
the proprietary data to be examined and
discussed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Building 101, Lecture
Room A, 100 Bureau Drive,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
and Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award (Board of Overseers) and the Judges Panel of the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award (Judges Panel) will meet together in
open session on Thursday, June 12, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Eastern time. The Board of Overseers, appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce, reports the results of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Award) activities to the Director of The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) each year, along with its
recommendations for the improvement of the Award process. The Judges
Panel, also appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, ensures the
integrity of the Award selection process and recommends Award
recipients to the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose of this meeting is
to discuss and review information received from the National
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Institute of Standards and Technology and from the Chair of the Judges
Panel. The agenda will include: Baldrige Program Update, Baldrige
Fundraising Update, Baldrige Judges Panel Update, Ethics Review,
Applicants and Eligibility, and New Business/Public Comment.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2014 from 8:30
a.m. Eastern time until 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting will be
open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Building 101, Lecture Room A, 100 Bureau
Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note admittance
instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899-1020, telephone number (301) 975-2360, or by email at
robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1), 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) 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 Board of Overseers and the
Judges Panel will meet together in open session on Thursday, June 12,
2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board of Overseers,
composed of approximately eleven members preeminent in the field of
organizational performance excellence and appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce, make an annual report on the results of Award activities to
the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST), along with its recommendations for improvement of the Award
process. The Judges Panel consists of twelve members with balanced
representation from U.S. service, manufacturing, nonprofit, education,
and health care industries. The Panel includes members familiar with
the quality improvement operations and competitiveness issues of
manufacturing companies, service companies, small businesses, health
care providers, and educational institutions. The Judges Panel
recommends Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients to the
Secretary of Commerce.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and review information
received from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and
from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award. The agenda will include: Baldrige Program Update,
Baldrige Fundraising Update, Baldrige Judges Panel Update, Ethics
Review, Applicants and Eligibility, and New Business/Public Comment.
The agenda may change to accommodate the Judges Panel and Board of
Overseers business. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST
Baldrige Performance Excellence Web site at https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.cfm. The meeting is open to the public.
Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to
offer comments and suggestions related to the Board's affairs and/or
the Panel of Judges' general process are invited to request a place on
the agenda. On June 12, 2014 approximately one-half hour will be
reserved in the afternoon for public comments, and speaking times will
be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The amount of time per
speaker will be determined by the number of requests received, but is
likely to be about 3 minutes each. The exact time for public comments
will be included in the final agenda that will be posted on the
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program Web site at https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.cfm. Questions from the
public will not be considered during this period. Speakers who wish to
expand upon their oral statements, those who had wished to speak, but
could not be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to
attend in person are invited to submit written statements to the
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, Attention Nancy Young,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1020, via fax at 301-975-4967
or electronically by email to nancy.young@nist.gov.
All visitors to the National Institute of Standards and Technology
site will have to pre-register to be admitted. Please submit your name,
time of arrival, email address and phone number to Nancy Young no later
than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, June 5, 2014, and she will
provide you with instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must
submit additional information; please contact Nancy Young. Contact Ms.
Young, by email at nancy.young@nist.gov or by phone at (301) 975-2361.
Dated: May 20, 2014.
Phillip Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2014-12330 Filed 5-27-14; 8:45 am]
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