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5 Organizations Win U.S. Department of Commerce’s 2020 Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

November 24, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a historic year for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award — the nation’s only presidential award for organizational performance

2020 Baldrige Award Judges Select Nine U.S. Organizations for First-Ever Virtual Site Visits

August 24, 2020

Nine U.S. organizations were recently selected to receive fall site visits, the final stage of the evaluation process for the 2020 Malcolm Baldrige National

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2020 Baldrige Case Study Shows How One Organization Improved with Feedback

July 7, 2020

Now available on our website, the 2020 Baldrige Case Study: LifeBridge Organ and Tissue Sharing (LOTS), Year 2 demonstrates how the Baldrige Criteria (part of

Reminder for 2020 Baldrige Award Applicants: Send Eligibility Forms by February 12

January 13, 2020

If your organization or one you know is interested in applying for a 2020 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, please note that your Eligibility

Projects and Programs

FORENSICS

The Surface and Trace Chemical Analysis Group conducts research across various forensic science disciplines. The overall goal is to address measurement science

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Glass Analysis

The goal of this focus area is to improve the field of glass evidence analysis by developing new matrix-matched glass standards and by evaluating more objective

Drug Analysis - Opioids and Emerging Threats

The goal of this focus area is to enhance drug detection capabilities through the development of standard methods for the collection, analysis, and

Fingerprint Chemistry

The goal of this focus area is to leverage the wealth of chemical information present in fingerprint deposits for novel forensic applications. This includes

Publications

Assessing the Performance of Residential Energy Management Control Algorithms: Multi-Criteria Decision Making Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process

September 18, 2018

Author(s)

Farhad Omar, Steven T. Bushby, Ronald D. Williams

For homes to become active participants in a smart grid, intelligent control algorithms are needed to facilitate autonomous interactions that take homeowner

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program: Spring and Fall 1986 Comparability Studies Results for Round Robins VII and VIII Fat Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum

July 27, 2018

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Neal Craft, Fillmer Ruegg, Emil Schonberger, Robert Schaffer, Robert Paule

From 1984 to 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinated the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program: Spring and Fall 1987 Comparability Studies-Results for Round Robins IX and XI Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum

May 21, 2018

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie May, Emil Schonberger

From 1984 to 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinated the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter and Summer 2017 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robins LXXXI and LXXXII Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum

January 10, 2018

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer

The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure