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Commerce Department to Dedicate NIST Research Laboratory
Most Technically Advanced Laboratory of Its Kind

For Immediate Release: June 16, 2004
Contact:

Michael Baum
(301) 975-2763


Commerce Department officials will join Members of Congress and the White House Science and Technology Policy Director in dedicating the new National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Measurement Laboratory (AML) on Monday, June 21, 2004. The $235 million, 49,843 square meter (536,507 square foot) research facility features stringent environmental controls on air quality, temperature, vibration and humidity. The new facility allows NIST to provide the sophisticated measurements and standards needed by U.S. industry and the scientific community in nanotechnology, semiconductors, biotechnology, advanced materials, quantum computing and advanced manufacturing.

WHO:


General Counsel and Deputy Commerce Secretary Designate Theodore W. Kassinger
Dr. John A. Marburger, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Senator Paul Sarbanes
Senator Barbara Mikulski (invited)
Representative Chris Van Hollen

WHAT:


Dedication of NIST Advanced Measurement Laboratory


WHEN:


Monday, June 21, 2004
11:00 a.m.-Registration
11:30 a.m.-Media Sneak Preview Tour
2:00 p.m.-Dedication Ceremony

WHERE:


National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, Md. 20899
Media Registration: To gain access to the NIST site, all media representatives (including photographers and crew) should register by noon Friday, June 18, by calling (301) 975-2762 or sending e-mail to media@nist.gov. Registered media representatives must have proper credentials including a photo ID.

 

 

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