Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 47898-47899 [2024-12168]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 47898 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 4, 2024 / Notices pumped environment to improve the evaporatively cooled gas temperatures due to suppression of hole-induced heating. Docket Number: 24–004. Applicant: University of Colorado JILA Department, 1900 Colorado Avenue, Campus Box 440 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309. Instrument: Fiber Laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilasers Technology Co., China. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for research that will be conducted on barely interacting Strontium (Sr) atoms confined and cooled by lasers down to extremely cold temperatures, below 1 microkelvin. The frequency of transition to a highly stable state in Sr atoms can be used as the reference of the unit of time. To realize the atomic clock operation, precision quantum spectroscopy experiment will be performed to measure the transition frequency. The laser claimed for the duty-exemption is an 813 nm fiber laser module with a single-mode continuouswave (CW) output power of 10 W, which will be used for setting up the 813 nm magic-wavelength optical lattice for our experiment. The Sr atoms are thus confined in each lattice node while showing minimally perturbed transition frequency. The research is conducted by graduated students at the University of Colorado as field training in their degree programs. Docket Number: 24–005. Applicant: University of Florida, P.O. Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611. Instrument: UniPrep2 for determining hydrogen isotopic composition. Manufacturer: EuroVectro, Italy. Intended Use: The instrument Uniprep2 is intended to be used in the measurement of hydrogen isotope composition of complex organic samples to control hydrogen-isotope exchange and for sample drying and vapor equilibration. The properties of the materials studied are that they have exchangeable hydrogen and residual moisture contamination. This instrument helps to address those complications that can have biased results. Docket Number: 24–006. Applicant: University of Colorado JILA Department, Campus Box 440 UCB, JILA Building, Room S/175, Boulder, CO 80309. Instrument: Narrow linewidth laser@2923nm. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilasers Technology Co., Ltd, China. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study continuous superradiant lasing from Stontium atoms. The lasing will induced in part using the lasing system purchased. The laser will be used to perform experiments that will demonstrate (for the first time anywhere) continuous VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:15 Jun 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 superradiant lasing. The laser will be used to cool the atoms to a few millionths of a degree above absolute zero. To achieve these goals, we require a narrowlinewidth laser source (<50kHz) with high output power (>400mW) at 2923 nm for laser cooling and trapping Strontium atoms using the internal levels 3P2 to 3D3. Docket Number: 24–007. Applicant: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003. Instrument: Food Elasticity Measurement System. Manufacturer: Changfu Technology (Beijing) Company, Ltd., China. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for rubber elasticity—The system allows for measuring properties such as elastic modulus, stress-strain relationship, and resilience of rubber materials; Food texture temperature response and elasticity, with the temperature control unit, the system enables studying how food textures change in elasticity and firmness with temperature variations; and Polymer glass thermal analysis—the system’s thermal analysis capabilities facilitate the examination of heat conduction properties in polymer glasses, including thermal conductivity and heat transfer behavior. Docket Number: 24–008. Applicant: Harvard University, Department of Physics, 17 Oxford Street, Jefferson Laboratory, Cambridge, MA 02138. Instrument: (1) 703nm single frequency fiber laser, (1) 1080nm single-frequency fiber laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilaser Technology, Co., Ltd., China. Intended Use: The instruments are intended to be used in support of the Advanced Cold Molecule Electron Electric Dipole Moment Experiment (ACME EDM experiment), a collaborative physics experiment now between Harvard University, Northwestern University, and University of Chicago. The goal of the ACME project is to shed light on the reasons for why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe through the measurement of properties of the Thorium-232 Monoxide molecules. Dated: May 29, 2024. Gregory W. Campbell, Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysts, Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2024–12170 Filed 6–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Renewal of the United States Manufacturing Council International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of charter renewal and recruitment. AGENCY: On March 22, 2024, the charter of the United States Manufacturing Council (Council) was renewed for a two-year period, ending March 22, 2026. The Council is a Federal advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended. SUMMARY: For information on the Council charter renewal, please visit: https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/s/ FACACommittee/ a10t0000001gzmbAAA/com000200. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Bass—telephone: 202–839–2357, email: Jaron.Bass@trade.gov or Cornelius Gyamfi—telephone: 202–839– 4372, email: Cornelius.Gyamfi@ trade.gov. ADDRESSES: Dated: May 29, 2024. Jaron Bass, Designated Federal Officer, Office of Transportation and Machinery. [FR Doc. 2024–12156 Filed 6–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 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 (Judges Panel) will meet in closed session on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time. The purpose of this meeting is to review the results of examiners’ ratings of Baldrige Award applications. Panel members will vote on which applicants merit site visits by examiners to validate the results and resilience, as well as the quality improvements and innovations, claimed by applicants. The meeting is closed to the public in order to protect the proprietary data to be examined and discussed. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 4, 2024 / Notices The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time. The entire meeting will be closed to the public. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually via web conference. 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) 975–2361, email robert.fangmeyer@ nist.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the FACA, notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will meet on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time. The Judges Panel is composed of nine members, appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, with a 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 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 meeting is closed to the public in order to protect the proprietary data to be examined and discussed. Pursuant to 41 CFR § 102– 3.150(a)(6), written comments may be submitted to the Judges Panel. Please contact Mrs. Robyn Decker by email at robyn.verner@nist.gov; Mailing Address: NIST c/o Robyn Decker 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1020 Gaithersburg, MD 20899; or 301–975–2361. Please provide her with your name, email, and phone number, and your written comment for the Judges Panel. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the Assistant General Counsel for Employment, Litigation, and Information, formally determined on May 24, 2024, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended by Section 5(c) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, that the meeting of the Judges Panel may be closed to the public in accordance with ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:15 Jun 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 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 are 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 be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action. The meeting, which involves examination of current Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (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. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2024–12168 Filed 6–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology National Conference on Weights and Measures 2024 Annual Meeting National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The 109th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will be held at the Hotel Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio from Sunday, July 14, 2024, through Thursday, July 18, 2024. This notice contains information about significant items on the NCWM Committee agendas but does not include all agenda items. As a result, the items are not consecutively numbered. DATES: The 2024 NCWM Annual Meeting will be held from Sunday, July 14, 2024, through Thursday, July 18, 2024. The meeting schedule will be available on the NCWM website at https://www.ncwm.com/events-detail/ 2024-annual-OH. ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Hotel Cleveland, located at 24 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Katrice Lippa, NIST, Office of Weights and Measures, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2600. You may also contact Dr. Lippa at (301) 975–3116 or by email at katrice.lippa@ nist.gov. The meeting is open to the public, but the payment of a registration SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47899 fee is required. Please see the NCWM website (www.ncwm.com) to view the meeting agendas, registration forms, and hotel reservation information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of this notice on the NCWM’s behalf is undertaken as a public service and does not itself constitute an endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the content of the notice. NIST participates in the NCWM as an NCWM member and pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 272(b)(10) and (c)(4) and in accordance with Federal policy (e.g., OMB Circular A–119 ‘‘Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards’’). The NCWM is an organization of weights and measures officials of the states, counties, cities, and territories of the United States, and representatives from the private sector and federal agencies. These meetings bring together government officials and representatives of business, industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations on subjects related to the field of weights and measures technology, administration, and enforcement. NIST hosted the first meeting of the NCWM in 1905. Since then, the conference has provided a model of cooperation between Federal, State, and local governments and the private sector. NIST participates to encourage cooperation between federal agencies and the states in the development of legal metrology requirements. NIST also promotes uniformity in state laws, regulations, and testing procedures used in the regulatory control of commercial weighing and measuring devices, packaged goods, and for other trade and commerce issues. The NCWM has established multiple committees, task groups, and other working bodies to address legal metrology issues of interest to, inter alia, regulatory officials, industry representatives, and consumers. Comments will be taken by the various NCWM committees on agenda items during the open hearing portions of the conference identified in the meeting schedule. At this stage, the items are proposals. The open hearing sessions are accessible to all registered attendees of the conference, including both NCWM members and non-members. The conference also includes committee work sessions in which the committees may, inter alia, accept comments, withdraw or carry over agenda items that need additional maturation, and develop recommendations for the agenda items for consideration and E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47898-47899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12168]


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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 on Thursday, June 20, 
2024, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time. The purpose of this meeting 
is to review the results of examiners' ratings of Baldrige Award 
applications. Panel members will vote on which applicants merit site 
visits by examiners to validate the results and resilience, as well as 
the quality improvements and innovations, claimed by applicants. The 
meeting is closed to the public in order to protect the proprietary 
data to be examined and discussed.

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DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 12 
p.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time. The entire meeting will be closed to the 
public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually via web conference.

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) 975-2361, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the FACA, notice is hereby given 
that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 
will meet on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. eastern 
time. The Judges Panel is composed of nine members, appointed by the 
Secretary of Commerce, with a 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 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 meeting is closed to the public in order to protect the 
proprietary data to be examined and discussed. Pursuant to 41 CFR Sec.  
102-3.150(a)(6), written comments may be submitted to the Judges Panel. 
Please contact Mrs. Robyn Decker by email at [email protected]; 
Mailing Address: NIST c/o Robyn Decker 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1020 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899; or 301-975-2361. Please provide her with your 
name, email, and phone number, and your written comment for the Judges 
Panel.
    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Chief Financial Officer and 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Employment, Litigation, and Information, 
formally determined on May 24, 2024, pursuant to section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended by Section 5(c) of the 
Government in the 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 are 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 be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a 
proposed agency action. The meeting, which involves examination of 
current Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (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.
    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1) and the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-12168 Filed 6-3-24; 8:45 am]
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