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71514 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 223/ Friday, November 18, 2011/ Notices

Dated: November 4, 2011.

Paul Piquado,

Assistant Secretary for ImportAdministration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business DevelopmentAgency

Meeting of the National AdvisoryCouncil on Minority BusinessEnterprise

AGENCY: Minority BusinessDevelopment Agency, U.S. Departmentof Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: The National AdvisoryCouncil for Minority BusinessEnterprise (NACMBE) will hold its

fourth meeting to discuss the work ofthe three subcommittees anddeliverables to fulfill the NACMBEscharter mandate. The agenda maychange to accommodate Council

business.

DATES: The meeting will be held onMonday, December 12, 2011 from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held atthe Grand Hyatt New York, Park Avenueat Grand Central Station, 109 East 42ndStreet New York, NY 10017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Demetria Gallagher, National DirectorsOffice, Minority Business DevelopmentAgency (MBDA), U.S. Department ofCommerce at (202) 4821624, email:dgallagher@mbda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:Background: The Secretary of

Commerce established the NACMBEpursuant to his discretionary authorityand in accordance with the FederalAdvisory Committee Act, as amended (5U.S.C. App. 2) on April 28, 2010. TheNACMBE is to provide the Secretary ofCommerce with recommendations fromthe private sector on a broad range of

policy issues that affect minoritybusinesses and their ability to accesssuccessfully the domestic and globalmarketplace.

Topics to be considered: During themeeting the three subcommittees willreport on their work and the Councilwill discuss and deliberate on possiblerecommendations. The Subcommitteetopics include: (1) Definition ofMinority Business Enterprises (MBEs)and MBDAs role, (2) Creation of anMBE Forum, and (3) Strategic Alliances& Exports.

Public Participation: The meeting isopen to the public. Public seating islimited and available on a first-come,first-served basis. Members of the publicwishing to attend the meeting mustnotify Demetria Gallagher at the contactinformation above by 5 p.m. EST onThursday, December 1, 2011, topreregister. Please specify any requests

for reasonable accommodation at leastten (10) business days in advance of themeeting. Last minute requests will beaccepted, but may not be possible tofulfill.

A limited amount of time, in theafternoon, will be available for pertinent

brief oral comments from members ofthe public attending the meeting. Anymember of the public may submitpertinent written comments concerningaffairs of the NACMBE at http://www.mbda.gov/main/nacmbe-submit-comments. To be considered during themeeting, comments must be received no

later than 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday,December 7, 2011, to ensuretransmission to the Council prior to themeeting. Comments received after thatdate will be distributed to the members

but may not be considered at themeeting.

This meeting is physically accessibleto people with disabilities. Requests forsign language interpretation or otherauxiliary aids should be directed toDemetria Gallagher, at (202) 4821624,or dgallagher@mbda.gov,at least ten(10) days before the meeting date.

Copies of the NACMBE open meetingminutes will be available to the publicupon request.

Dated: November 14, 2011.

David A. Hinson,

National Director, Minority BusinessDevelopment Agency.

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National Institute of Standards andTechnology

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

Award Board of Overseers

AGENCY: National Institute of Standardsand Technology, Department ofCommerce.ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of theMalcolm Baldrige National QualityAward (Board of Overseers) will meet inopen session on December 13, 2011. Thepurpose of this meeting is to discussand review information received fromthe National Institute of Standards and

Technology and from the Chair of theJudges Panel of the Malcolm BaldrigeNational Quality Award. The agendawill include: Report from the JudgesPanel, Baldrige Performance ExcellenceProgram (BPEP) Update, BaldrigeFellows Program Status Report, BaldrigeProgram Changes in 2011, andRecommendations for the NISTDirector.

DATES: The meeting will conveneDecember 13, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. andadjourn at 3 p.m. on December 13, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held atthe National Institute of Standards andTechnology, Advanced ChemicalSciences Laboratory (Building 227),Room A302, Gaithersburg, Maryland20899. Please note admittanceinstructions under the SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION section of the notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Harry Hertz, Director, BPEP, NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology,Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899,telephone number (301) 9752361.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuantto the Federal Advisory Committee Act,5 U.S.C. App., the Board of Overseerswill meet in open session on December13, 2011. The Board of Overseers iscomposed of 11 members prominent inthe fields of quality, innovation, andperformance management andappointed by the Secretary ofCommerce, assembled to advise theSecretary of Commerce on the conductof the Baldrige Award. The agenda willinclude: Report from the Judges Panel,BPEP Update, Baldrige Fellows ProgramStatus Report, Baldrige ProgramChanges in 2011, and Recommendationsfor the NIST Director.

All visitors to the National Institute ofStandards and Technology site willhave to pre-register to be admitted.Please submit your name, time ofarrival, email address and phonenumber to Diane Harrison no later thanWednesday, December 8, 2011, and shewill provide you with instructions for

admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must alsosubmit their passport number, countryof citizenship, title, employer/sponsor,address and telephone. Ms. Harrisonsemail address isdiane.harrison@nist.govand her phonenumber is (301) 9752361.

Dated: November 10, 2011.

Phillip Singerman,

Associate Director for Innovation & IndustryServices.

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