National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee; Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration

National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee;

Meeting

AGENCY: Technology Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the forthcoming closed meeting of the

National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee. The

Committee was rechartered on September 15, 1993.

The Committee shall make recommendations to the Secretary of

Commerce, through a Steering Committee, concerning award of the

National Medal of Technology.

The Committee will meet only in executive session to discuss

matters concerned with applying the criteria for determining the

relative merits of all persons and companies nominated for the Medal as

a result of a public solicitation.

TIME AND PLACE: The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.

on January 21, 1994. The meeting will be held in room 4830 at the U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Paul Braden, Manager, National Medal of Technology Nomination

Evaluation Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Herbert C. Hoover Building, room 4418,

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-5572.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Determination to close the

meetings of the Committee to the public on the basis of Section 10(d)

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as amended,

section 552b(c)(9)(B) of title 5, United States Code was approved by

the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General Counsel on (December 22, 1993), in

accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, since premature

publicity about candidates under consideration for the Medal, who may

or may not ultimately receive the award, would be likely to discourage

nominations for the Medal. This would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action. A copy of the

Notice of Determination is available for public inspection and copying

in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Herbert C.

Hoover Building, room 6628, Washington, DC 20230. (202) 482-4120.

Dated: December 23, 1993.

Gary Bachula,

Deputy Under Secretary for Technology.

[FR Doc. 93-32023 Filed 12-30-93; 8:45 am]

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