Media Advisory

Media Advisory FLAG RAISING, VIDEO ‘WORLD PREMIERE' OPEN THE CELEBRATION OF NIST'S CENTURY OF SERVICE TO AMERICA Reporters are invited to help the Gaithersburg, Md., staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology kick off the celebration of the agency's upcoming centennial by attending the raising of the Centennial flag and the world premiere of the Centennial video, "NIST at 100: Foundations for Progress." The new video takes viewers on a exciting journey through NIST's first 100 years of service to the American public and U.S. industry. And what a history it's been! NIST, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, was founded in March 1901 as the National Bureau of Standards. NIST strengthens the U.S. economy and improves the quality of life by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements and standards through four partnerships: the Advanced Technology Program, the Measurement and Standards Laboratories, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Baldrige National Quality Program. Image processing, DNA diagnostic chips, smoke detectors, mail sorters, atomic clocks, high- speed dental drills, X-ray standards for mammography, radio navigation, closed captioning, ozone-friendly refrigerants and even the laser reflectors left on the moon by the Apollo astronauts are just a few of the countless technologies linked to NIST and its researchers. For more information, check out the Centennial web site at www.100.nist.gov. DATE: Monday, Dec. 4, 2000 10:30 a.m. Centennial Flag Raising 11:00 a.m. Centennial Video Premiere PLACE: Administration Bldg. (Bldg. 101) NIST Gaithersburg, Md. Flag Raising outside Bldg. 101 Video Premiere in the Red Auditorium within Bldg. 101 Take I-270 North to Exit 10, enter NIST at first traffic light and follow signs to Bldg. 101. Media registration will be inside the Bldg. 101 lobby.
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Media Advisory

FLAG RAISING, VIDEO ‘WORLD PREMIERE'
OPEN THE CELEBRATION OF NIST'S CENTURY OF SERVICE TO AMERICA

Reporters are invited to help the Gaithersburg, Md., staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology kick off the celebration of the agency's upcoming centennial by attending the raising of the Centennial flag and the world premiere of the Centennial video, "NIST at 100: Foundations for Progress."

The new video takes viewers on a exciting journey through NIST's first 100 years of service to the American public and U.S. industry.

And what a history it's been!

NIST, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, was founded in March 1901 as the National Bureau of Standards. NIST strengthens the U.S. economy and improves the quality of life by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements and standards through four partnerships: the Advanced Technology Program, the Measurement and Standards Laboratories, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Baldrige National Quality Program.

Image processing, DNA diagnostic chips, smoke detectors, mail sorters, atomic clocks, high- speed dental drills, X-ray standards for mammography, radio navigation, closed captioning, ozone-friendly refrigerants and even the laser reflectors left on the moon by the Apollo astronauts are just a few of the countless technologies linked to NIST and its researchers.

For more information, check out the Centennial web site at www.100.nist.gov.

DATE:
Monday, Dec. 4, 2000
10:30 a.m. Centennial Flag Raising
11:00 a.m. Centennial Video Premiere

PLACE:
Administration Bldg. (Bldg. 101)
NIST
Gaithersburg, Md.

Flag Raising outside Bldg. 101
Video Premiere in the Red Auditorium within Bldg. 101

Take I-270 North to Exit 10, enter NIST at first traffic light and follow signs to Bldg. 101. Media registration will be inside the Bldg. 101 lobby.

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