81_FR_33312 81 FR 33211 - Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

81 FR 33211 - Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 101 (May 25, 2016)

Page Range33211-33212
FR Document2016-12292

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 9, 2016, 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 Institute of Standards and Technology and from the Chair of the Judges Panel. The agenda will include: Baldrige Program Update, Baldrige Foundation Fundraising Update, Baldrige Judges Panel Update, Ethics Review, Applicants and Eligibility, and New Business/Public Comment.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33211-33212]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12292]


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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 9, 2016, 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 Institute 
of Standards and Technology and from the Chair of the Judges Panel. The 
agenda will include: Baldrige Program Update, Baldrige Foundation 
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 9, 2016 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 
[email protected].

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 9, 
2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board of Overseers 
(Board) is currently composed of eight members preeminent in the field 
of organizational performance excellence and appointed by the Secretary 
of Commerce. Additional Board members may be added in advance of this 
meeting, where the Board will make an annual report on the results of 
Award activities to the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST) and provide 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 who 
are 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 NIST and from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the 
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The agenda will include: 
Baldrige Program Update, Baldrige Foundation 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 http://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 9, 2016, 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 http://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,

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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 
[email protected].
    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 2, 2016, and she will 
provide you with instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must 
submit additional information; please contact Nancy Young by email at 
[email protected] or by phone at (301) 975-2361. Also, please note 
that under the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-13), federal agencies, 
including NIST, can only accept a state-issued driver's license or 
identification card for access to federal facilities if issued by 
states that are REAL ID compliant or have an extension. NIST also 
currently accepts other forms of federal-issued identification in lieu 
of a state-issued driver's license. For detailed information please 
contact Ms. Young or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/
.

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
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                                                  Cash Deposit Requirements                               Award (Board of Overseers) and the                    Board members may be added in
                                                     Effective upon publication of the final              Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige                  advance of this meeting, where the
                                                  rescission or the final results of this                 National Quality Award (Judges Panel)                 Board will make an annual report on the
                                                  NSR, we will instruct CBP to                            will meet together in open session on                 results of Award activities to the
                                                  discontinue the option of posting a bond                Thursday, June 9, 2016, from 8:30 a.m.                Director of the National Institute of
                                                  or security in lieu of a cash deposit for               to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board of               Standards and Technology (NIST) and
                                                  entries of subject merchandise by                       Overseers, appointed by the Secretary of              provide its recommendations for
                                                  Huameng. If the Department proceeds to                  Commerce, reports the results of the                  improvement of the Award process. The
                                                  a final rescission of the new shipper                   Malcolm Baldrige National Quality                     Judges Panel consists of twelve
                                                  review, the cash deposit rate will                      Award (Award) activities to the Director              members with balanced representation
                                                                                                          of the National Institute of Standards                from U.S. service, manufacturing,
                                                  continue to be the PRC-wide rate. If we
                                                                                                          and Technology (NIST) each year, along                nonprofit, education, and health care
                                                  issue final results of the new shipper
                                                                                                          with its recommendations for the                      industries. The Panel includes members
                                                  review for Huameng, we will instruct
                                                                                                          improvement of the Award process. The                 who are familiar with the quality
                                                  CBP to collect cash deposits, effective
                                                                                                          Judges Panel, also appointed by the                   improvement operations and
                                                  upon the publication of the final results,
                                                                                                          Secretary of Commerce, ensures the                    competitiveness issues of manufacturing
                                                  at the rates established therein.
                                                                                                          integrity of the Award selection process              companies, service companies, small
                                                  Notification to Importers                               and recommends Award recipients to                    businesses, health care providers, and
                                                    This notice also serves as a                          the Secretary of Commerce. The purpose                educational institutions. The Judges
                                                  preliminary reminder to importers of                    of this meeting is to discuss and review              Panel recommends Malcolm Baldrige
                                                  their responsibility under 19 CFR                       information received from the National                National Quality Award recipients to
                                                  351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate                     Institute of Standards and Technology                 the Secretary of Commerce.
                                                                                                          and from the Chair of the Judges Panel.                  The purpose of this meeting is to
                                                  regarding the reimbursement of
                                                                                                          The agenda will include: Baldrige                     discuss and review information received
                                                  antidumping duties prior to liquidation
                                                                                                          Program Update, Baldrige Foundation                   from NIST and from the Chair of the
                                                  of the relevant entries during this
                                                                                                          Fundraising Update, Baldrige Judges                   Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
                                                  review period. Failure to comply with
                                                                                                          Panel Update, Ethics Review,                          National Quality Award. The agenda
                                                  this requirement could result in the
                                                                                                          Applicants and Eligibility, and New                   will include: Baldrige Program Update,
                                                  Department’s presumption that
                                                                                                          Business/Public Comment.                              Baldrige Foundation Fundraising
                                                  reimbursement of antidumping duties                                                                           Update, Baldrige Judges Panel Update,
                                                  occurred and the subsequent assessment                  DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                                                                                                                                                Ethics Review, Applicants and
                                                  of double antidumping duties.                           Thursday, June 9, 2016 from 8:30 a.m.                 Eligibility, and New Business/Public
                                                    The Department is issuing and                         Eastern time until 3:00 p.m. Eastern                  Comment. The agenda may change to
                                                  publishing these results in accordance                  time. The meeting will be open to the                 accommodate the Judges Panel and
                                                  with sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1)                public.                                               Board of Overseers business. The final
                                                  of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and                       ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                agenda will be posted on the NIST
                                                  351.221(b)(4).                                          the National Institute of Standards and               Baldrige Performance Excellence Web
                                                    Dated: May 17, 2016.                                  Technology, Building 101, Lecture                     site at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/
                                                  Paul Piquado,                                           Room A, 100 Bureau Drive,                             community/overseers.cfm. The meeting
                                                  Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please                  is open to the public.
                                                  Compliance.                                             note admittance instructions under the                   Individuals and representatives of
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                  organizations who would like to offer
                                                  Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in                    this notice.                                          comments and suggestions related to the
                                                  the Preliminary Decision Memorandum                                                                           Board’s affairs and/or the Panel of
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  I. Summary                                              Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige                  Judges’ general process are invited to
                                                  II. Background                                          Performance Excellence Program,                       request a place on the agenda. On June
                                                  III. Scope of the Order                                 National Institute of Standards and                   9, 2016, approximately one-half hour
                                                  IV. Discussion of the Methodology                       Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail                    will be reserved in the afternoon for
                                                  V. Recommendation                                                                                             public comments, and speaking times
                                                                                                          Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–12336 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]             20899–1020, telephone number (301)                    will be assigned on a first-come, first-
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  975–2360, or by email at                              served basis. The amount of time per
                                                                                                          robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov.                            speaker will be determined by the
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                                number of requests received, but is
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                                                        likely to be about 3 minutes each. The
                                                                                                            Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(1), 15 U.S.C.         exact time for public comments will be
                                                  National Institute of Standards and                     3711a(d)(2)(B) and the Federal Advisory               included in the final agenda that will be
                                                  Technology                                              Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
                                                                                                                                                                posted on the Baldrige Performance
                                                                                                             Pursuant to the Federal Advisory                   Excellence Program Web site at http://
                                                  Board of Overseers of the Malcolm                       Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.                   www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/
                                                  Baldrige National Quality Award and                     App., notice is hereby given that the                 overseers.cfm. Questions from the
                                                  Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige                    Board of Overseers and the Judges Panel               public will not be considered during
                                                  National Quality Award                                  will meet together in open session on                 this period. Speakers who wish to
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                                                  AGENCY: National Institute of Standards                 Thursday, June 9, 2016 from 8:30 a.m.                 expand upon their oral statements,
                                                  and Technology, Department of                           to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board of               those who had wished to speak, but
                                                  Commerce.                                               Overseers (Board) is currently composed               could not be accommodated on the
                                                  ACTION: Notice of open meeting.                         of eight members preeminent in the                    agenda, and those who were unable to
                                                                                                          field of organizational performance                   attend in person are invited to submit
                                                  SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of the                  excellence and appointed by the                       written statements to the Baldrige
                                                  Malcolm Baldrige National Quality                       Secretary of Commerce. Additional                     Performance Excellence Program,


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                                                  Attention Nancy Young, National                         Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  Institute of Standards and Technology,                  the Applications and Permits for
                                                  100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020,                       Protected Species (APPS) home page,                   National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                  Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899–1020,                     https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then                  Administration
                                                  via fax at 301–975–4967 or                              selecting File No. 20283 from the list of
                                                  electronically by email to nancy.young@                                                                       Proposed Information Collection;
                                                                                                          available applications.
                                                  nist.gov.                                                                                                     Comment Request; StormReady,
                                                     All visitors to the National Institute of               These documents are also available                 TsunamiReady, StormReady/
                                                  Standards and Technology site will                      upon written request or by appointment                TsunamiReady, and StormReady
                                                  have to pre-register to be admitted.                    in the Permits and Conservation                       Supporter Application Forms
                                                  Please submit your name, time of                        Division, Office of Protected Resources,
                                                                                                                                                                AGENCY: National Oceanic and
                                                  arrival, email address and phone                        NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
                                                                                                                                                                Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                  number to Nancy Young no later than                     13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
                                                                                                                                                                Commerce.
                                                  4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, June                  (301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
                                                                                                                                                                ACTION: Notice.
                                                  2, 2016, and she will provide you with                     Written comments on this application
                                                  instructions for admittance. Non-U.S.                   should be submitted to the Chief,                     SUMMARY:    The Department of
                                                  citizens must submit additional                         Permits and Conservation Division, at                 Commerce, as part of its continuing
                                                  information; please contact Nancy                       the address listed above. Comments may                effort to reduce paperwork and
                                                  Young by email at nancy.young@                          also be submitted by facsimile to (301)               respondent burden, invites the general
                                                  nist.gov or by phone at (301) 975–2361.                 713–0376, or by email to                              public and other Federal agencies to
                                                  Also, please note that under the REAL                   NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please                     take this opportunity to comment on
                                                  ID Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), federal                include the File No. 20283 in the subject             proposed and/or continuing information
                                                  agencies, including NIST, can only                                                                            collections, as required by the
                                                                                                          line of the email comment.
                                                  accept a state-issued driver’s license or                                                                     Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
                                                  identification card for access to federal                  Those individuals requesting a public              DATES: Written comments must be
                                                  facilities if issued by states that are                 hearing should submit a written request               submitted on or before July 25, 2016.
                                                  REAL ID compliant or have an                            to the Chief, Permits and Conservation                ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
                                                  extension. NIST also currently accepts                  Division at the address listed above. The             to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
                                                  other forms of federal-issued                           request should set forth the specific                 Paperwork Clearance Officer,
                                                  identification in lieu of a state-issued                reasons why a hearing on this                         Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
                                                  driver’s license. For detailed                          application would be appropriate.                     14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                  information please contact Ms. Young or                                                                       Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_                                                                            Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
                                                  affairs/visitor/.                                       Jennifer Skidmore, (301) 427–8401.
                                                                                                                                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Kevin Kimball,                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     The                    Requests for additional information or
                                                  NIST Chief of Staff.
                                                                                                          subject permit is requested under the                 copies of the information collection
                                                                                                          authority of the Endangered Species Act               instrument and instructions should be
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–12292 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.                   directed to Rocky Lopes, (301) 427–9380
                                                  BILLING CODE P
                                                                                                          1531 et seq.) and the regulations                     or Rocky.Lopes@noaa.gov.
                                                                                                          governing the taking, importing, and                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  exporting of endangered and threatened
                                                                                                          species (50 CFR parts 222–226).                       I. Abstract
                                                  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                           The applicant proposes to conduct                     This request is for revision of a
                                                  Administration                                          genetics research on scalloped                        currently approved information
                                                                                                          hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)                     collection.
                                                  RIN 0648–XE622
                                                                                                                                                                   NOAA’s National Weather Service
                                                                                                          samples obtained from the Hong Kong                   would like to add a TsunamiReady
                                                  Endangered Species; File No. 20283                      fish market in order to assess global                 Supporter Application Form to its
                                                  AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                      trade of shark fins. Samples from up to               currently approved collection, which
                                                  Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                    200 individuals would be imported to                  includes StormReady, TsunamiReady,
                                                  Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                      the Florida International University for              StormReady/TsunamiReady, and
                                                  Commerce.                                               analysis. The permit is requested for a               StormReady Supporter application
                                                  ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.                 2 year period.                                        forms. The title would then change to
                                                                                                            Dated: May 19, 2016.                                ‘‘StormReady, TsunamiReady,
                                                  SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that                                                                        StormReady/TsunamiReady,
                                                  Demian Chapman, Ph.D., School of                        Julia Harrison,
                                                                                                                                                                StormReady Supporter and
                                                  Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony                   Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
                                                                                                                                                                TsunamiReady Supporter Application
                                                  Brook University, Stony Brook, NY                       Office of Protected Resources, National
                                                                                                          Marine Fisheries Service.
                                                                                                                                                                Forms’’. This new application would be
                                                  11794, has applied in due form for a                                                                          used by entities such as businesses and
                                                  permit to import scalloped hammerhead                   [FR Doc. 2016–12286 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                not-for-profit institutions that may not
                                                  shark (Sphyrna lewini) samples for                      BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                have the resources necessary to fulfill
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                                                  purposes of scientific research.                                                                              all the eligibility requirements to
                                                  DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email                                                                           achieve the full TsunamiReady
                                                  comments must be received on or before                                                                        recognition. The form will be used to
                                                  June 24, 2016.                                                                                                apply for initial TsunamiReady
                                                  ADDRESSES: The application and related                                                                        Supporter recognition and renewal of
                                                  documents are available for review by                                                                         that recognition every five years. The
                                                  selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public                                                                           federal government will use the


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. Eastern time until 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting will be open to the public.
ContactRobert 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 [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 33211 

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