Notice2024-12168
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
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Published
June 4, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract
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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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47898-47899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0674696463747228606768616b637f637446686f757228616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96e4f9f4f3e4e2b8f0f7f8f1fbf3eff3e4d6f8ffe5e2b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7b5a8a5bea9e9b1a2b5a9a2b587a9aeb4b3e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81f3eee3f8efaff7e4f3efe4f3c1efe8f2f5afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a>;
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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