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Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile Example Implementations Datasets

Welcome to the Cybersecurity for Smart Manufacturing Systems project data files landing page. Here you will find the experiment data files...

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Flammability Reduction Group Welcomes Dr. Andre Thompson

September 3, 2018

Welcome Dr. Andre Thompson! Andre recently joined the Flammability Reduction Group in the Engineering Laboratory at NIST as an NRC post-doc. Over the next 2

OSAC Standards Bulletin, May 2019

May 14, 2019

This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and

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Meter

Whether it’s the interminable distance to Grandma’s house, a span of cloth, the number of yards to the goal line or the space between the...

Queue

The previous version of The Queue has been replaced. Much of the general outline of the document below is true, however some of it is out of...

America's Cybersecurity Workforce

On May 2, 2019, the President of the United states issued the Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce. Section three of the...

National Cyber Strategy

In September 2018, the White House released a National Cyber Strategy. The Strategy demonstrates commitment to strengthening America’s...

National Council for the American Worker

In July 2018, the White House release an Executive Order Establishing The President’s National Council For The American Worker. The purpose...

Latest Activities

The following activities have been initiated since the publication of the report Supporting the Growth and Sustainment of the Nation's...

Invited Talks (Craig Brown)

The Johns Hopkins University Materials Characterization and Processing (MCP) Center, Baltimore, Sept. 17, 2025 (Keynote) American...

ACMD Seminar: Always Annexing Pixels: On Techniques and Infrastructures for Cross-Device Visualization

Wed, May 22 2019, 3:00 - 4:00pm EDT

Niklas Elmqvist Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland Abstract: Data visualization lives

Joseph Kline, Daniel Sunday, and Donald Windover

Kline, Sunday, and Windover Honored with Gears of Government Award

The honorees developed and deployed a new dimensional metrology method to solve a critical challenge for the semiconductor industry. The new

NICE Webinar: Presidential Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce - Enhancing Workforce Mobility and Supporting the Development of Cybersecurity Skills

Wed, May 15 2019, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

The PowerPoint slides used during this webinar can be downloaded here. Speakers: Kevin Reifsteck

Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) III

Test Results | Mailing List | Test Plan (PDF) and API About Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) III is a fingerprint technology...

Precise Temperature Measurements with Invisible Light

May 6, 2019

Ordinarily, you won’t encounter a radiation thermometer until somebody puts one in your ear at the doctor’s office or you point one at your forehead when you’re

5603 Measurement System Basics: SI & U.S. Customary Units for Regulatory Officials

Wed, Aug 12 2020

This 1.5 hour webinar will introduce the measurement systems commonly used in the United States, including the

IT Access Requirements, Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I’ve completed these requirements before. Do I have to take it again? A: Yes. The requirements must be completed annually. For example...

2019 Disaster Resilience Symposium

Wed, Aug 7 - Thu, Aug 8 2019

The Engineering Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, hosted its second annual symposium, August 7-8, 2019, featuring the

NWIRP Statutory Program Description

The National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP) was established by Congress “…to achieve major measurable reductions in the losses...

OSAC Opens Comment Period on Interdisciplinary Training Standard for Forensic Science Practitioners

May 2, 2019

Today, the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science ( OSAC) opens the thirty-day comment period for ASTM E2917-19: Standard Practice for

Consensus Safety Measurement Methodologies for ADS-Equipped Vehicles

Tue, Jun 25 - Wed, Jun 26 2019

NIST and its partners, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Intel, Intel Mobileye, Lyft, Ricardo, SAE International

NIST Requests Information on Artificial Intelligence Technical Standards and Tools

May 1, 2019

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information about technical standards and

Strengthening the Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things

April 30, 2019

Chairman Sullivan, Ranking Member Markey, and Members of the Subcommittee, I am Charles Romine, the Director of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at...

Sculpting Super-Fast Light Pulses: NIST Nanopillars Shape Light Precisely for Practical Applications

May 2, 2019

Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in two, changing its intensity or altering

Visualization and characterization of quantum fluid flows

Thu, May 16 2019, 10:45am EDT

Long-range quantum order underlies a number of related physical phenomena including superfluidity, superconductivity

Financial Assistance

For Those Receiving Financial Assistance All receipts, except for food, are required for reimbursement. Approval for financial assistance...

3. ct command

ct performs an individual count and writes the result to the console. To learn about performing counts as part of a sequence, trajectory, or...

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