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 NIST’s Second ‘Quantum Logic Clock’ Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World’s Most Precise Clock
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 NIST Issues First Release of Framework for Smart Grid Interoperability
 Baldrige Conference Provides Path for Those on ‘Quest for Excellence’
 BLOGRIGE: Baldrige Program Blog Now Seeking Contributors!
 Governing Board of Smart Grid Standards Panel Announces Officers
 NIST Awards $123 Million in Recovery Act Grants To Construct New Research Facilities
 Twenty-Two NIST Boulder Employees Receive Awards
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 Board of New Smart Grid Panel ‘Boots Up’— Key Position Filled and Next Steps Assigned
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 Five U.S. Organizations Honored for Innovation and Performance Excellence with the 2009 Baldrige National Quality Award
 Vice President Biden and Commerce Secretary Locke Present Baldrige Award to Three Organizations
 JQI Researchers Create ‘Synthetic Magnetic Fields’ for Neutral Atoms
 NIST Demonstrates ‘Universal’ Programmable Quantum Processor for Quantum Computers
 Reminder: Turn Your Clocks Back on Sunday, November 1
 Commerce Secretary Unveils Plan for Smart Grid Interoperability
 U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to Present Major Report on Smart Grid Interoperability Standards
 NIST Releases Final Version of New Cybersecurity Recommendations for Government
 DOC/NIST Invites Vendors to Participate an Industry Day/Business Fair
 NIST’s LIDAR May Offer Peerless Precision in Remote Measurements
 TIP Announces Three Additional Conferences to Discuss 2009 Competition
 NIST Issues Open and Transparent Methods for Testing Electronic Voting Systems
 2009 Technology R&D Competition to Address Civil Infrastructure, Manufacturing
 NIST: Magnetism Governs Properties of Iron-Based Superconductors
 NIST to Receive $610 Million Through Recovery Act
 2008 Baldrige National Quality Awards Announced
 NIST Seeks Small Business Vendors for Facility-Related Projects
 NIST Technology Innovation Program Announces New R&D Projects to Develop Infrastructure Monitoring and Inspection Technologies
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