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Price Verification Tops Technical Program At NCWM 79th Annual Meeting

May 20, 1994

The 79th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures, July 17-21, 1994, in San Diego, Calif., will feature a special technical session on...

NIST Announces "Digital Signature" Standard For Computer Security

May 20, 1994

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced approval of a Digital Signature Standard, which will allow federal...

Building 245 Renovation Groundbreaking

July 20, 2017

[ As delivered.] Welcome to the much-anticipated groundbreaking for the renovation of NIST’s Radiation Physics Building, aka, Building 245. I want to thank...

NIST Announces Accreditation for Calibration Labs Based on International Standards

May 31, 1994

The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology now will accept applications...

Neutron Instrument Template

Content in main (left) panel to be created by instrument scientist Sample content: Content by instrument...

Quality Experts from Business, Health Care and Education Needed for 1995 Baldrige Quality Award Board of Examiners

June 2, 1994

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking quality experts from all sectors of American business, as well as from non-profit health care and...

Statement in Response to Blaze Key Escrow Paper

June 2, 1994

The draft paper by Matt Blaze* describes several techniques aimed at circumventing law enforcement access to key escrowed encryption products based on...

New Version of Protein Crystal Database Includes NASA Space Experiments

June 3, 1994

A newly expanded database on crystal growth conditions of biological macromolecules is now available to help structural biology programs of the pharmaceutical...

Expansion of Manufacturing Extension Center to Benefit NYC Small and Medium-Size Businesses

June 16, 1994

U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown today toured a New York City machine tool company to highlight a manufacturing outreach program that is expanding to...

Brown, Cuomo Launch Expanded Technology Services For N.Y. Businesses

June 17, 1994

U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown and New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo today officially launched the New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership, an...

Consortium to Help U.S. Paint Industry Get Better Products to Market Faster

June 30, 1994

Three paint manufacturers and the Federal Highway Administration, a large user of paint products, have joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Agreement Between U.S. and Japan Spawns Innovative International Optoelectronics Program for Computing

July 12, 1994

The United States and Japan have agreed on the last critical step before realization of a joint program to further the design and development of the advanced...

ACMD Seminar: Embedded functions in combinatorial testing: Progress in automating test design

George Sherwood Founder and CEO of Testcover.com Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00 Building 101, Lecture Room D Gaithersburg...

ACMD Seminar: Uncertainty Quantification and Inversion of Large Models

Prof. Tony O'Hagan Emeritus Professor of Statistics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sheffield Tuesday, October...

IoT Cybersecurity Colloquium

Thu, Oct 19 2017, 9:00am - 3:00pm EDT

Note: Captioning will be available by 10/29/17. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

TIGR-NIST Announce Distinguished Speakers Series Titled "DNA, Genetics and Biotechnology"

July 20, 1994

Leaders in genetics and biomedical research will discuss how revolutions in these fields are impacting science, health care, business and society in a special...

Brown, Daley Sign Agreement to Launch New Center for Delivering Manufacturing Services to Chicago Businesses

July 22, 1994

U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley today signed a letter of partnership to officially dedicate the Chicago Manufacturing...

PC Database Available for Predicting Thermochemical Performance of Materials

July 22, 1994

Chemical manufacturers, material suppliers, and researchers in science and industry now have an easy-to-use computer program for help in predicting the...

NIST Seeks Project Proposals For 1996 Precision Measurement Grants

August 2, 1994

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking project proposals for two research grants for fiscal year 1996 in the field of precision...

New NIST Medical-Industrial Radiation Facility Will Help Develop New Technologies, Establish Standards

August 12, 1994

A new facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is now available to ensure accurate radiation measurements in medicine and serve as a new...

NIST Physicists Measure Coldest Temperature Ever

August 15, 1994

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—If it's too hot outside, a visit to the National Institute of Standards and Technology might provide some relief. Physicists here recently...

Tissue Engineering Workshop To Consider Commercialization Opportunities

September 12, 1994

Biomedical engineers, biomaterials researchers and medical device developers are among those who can benefit from a one-day tissue engineering workshop at the...

New NIST Solar Device May One Day Keep Americans In Hot Water

September 13, 1994

Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology have invented a novel solar water heating system that is believed to be...

5524: Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers and Consoles-4 Day Course

Mon, Oct 23 - Thu, Oct 26 2017

This seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers (RMFDs); that is, perform

Boeing Takes Measure Of NIST Quick-Test Method

September 29, 1994

Inspection and process-control improvements achievable with a testing tool developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently prompted the...

NIST Addresses Practical, Legal Issues To Boost Digital Signature Use

October 11, 1994

As a vital next step in reinventing the government's use of information technology, the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Three Companies Win 1994 Baldrige Quality Award

October 18, 1994

President Clinton announced today AT&T; Consumer Communications Services (Basking Ridge, N.J.), GTE Directories Corp. (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas) and Wainwright...

Baldrige Quality Criteria for 1995 Streamlined; More in Line with Today's Business Thinking

October 20, 1994

The criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award have been streamlined and changed for 1995 to focus more sharply on quality as an integral part of...

Vice President Gore and Commerce Secretary Brown Present 1994 Baldrige Quality Award to Three U.S. Companies

December 5, 1994

Vice President Al Gore and Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown today presented three U.S. companies the 1994 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation...

NIST to Support Environmental Assistance to Smaller Manufacturers

January 17, 1995

Deputy Commerce Secretary David J. Barram today announced a Department of Commerce program aimed at helping the nation's 370,000 small and medium-size...

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