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Multiple Biometric Evaluation (MBE)

Structure MBE Re-organization 2009-11-14: In order to produce a more comprehensive evaluation and incorporate our sponsor's requirements, we are

IBPC 2010 Presentations

IBPC 2010 :: Online ProceedingsMarch 1-5, 2010 National Institute of Standards and Technology The first International Biometric Performance...

NCST Advisory Committee Submits First Annual Report to Congress

February 12, 2004

The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee, the panel of 10 building and fire experts established to advise the Commerce Department's...

National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to Hold Meeting

Tue, Jun 22 - Wed, Jun 23 2004

The fourth meeting of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee will be held on Tuesday, June 22

Commerce's NIST Updates Progress of World Trade Center Investigation

December 2, 2003

Access to All Essential Data Has Been Obtained The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has obtained access to all of the...

Interim Findings from NIST World Trade Center Building and Fire Safety Investigation Identify Issues with Current Standards, Codes and Practices

June 18, 2004

Fact Sheet of Key Interim Findings Presentation by S. Sunder (.pdf) Progress Report The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology...

NIST World Trade Center Investigation Team Calls for Improvements

June 23, 2005

Presentation by Shyam Sunder, lead investigator (includes abridged recommendations) Remarks by Hratch Semerjian, Acting NIST Director Draft summary report...

NIST's FISMA Team Receives AFFIRM Leadership Award

June 22, 2006

The Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) recently awarded a team of NIST employees the Leadership in Service to the Government IT...

Seventy-Six Apply for Nation's Top Honor for Excellence

June 22, 2006

Seventy-six organizations have sent the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) their applications for the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality...

Draft Guide Will Help Make WLANs More Secure

June 22, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting comments on a new draft guide that is intended to help organizations make wireless local area...

Improved Rating for Residential Fuel Cells

June 22, 2006

A new performance rating system for residential fuel cells developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help prospective buyers...

Three NIST Scientists Receive Flemming Awards

June 8, 2006

Three scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be among 11 federal employees to receive the Arthur S. Flemming Awards at...

IREX II IQCE

IREX II IQCE - Final Evaluation Report September 23, 2011: The final IQCE report: Iris Quality Calibration and Evaluation (IQCE)...

NIST Software Makes Fire Gear Choice Easier

June 8, 2006

Firefighters know that protective "turnout gear" (pants and coats) can save their lives. Yet because there are several different attributes of protective...

IREX I

IREX Supplement I Released January 10, 2010: A supplement to the IREX I evaluation has been released. The document has two roles...

Iris Exchange (IREX) Overview

The Iris Exchange (IREX) was initiated at NIST to expand iris recognition capabilities and support a marketplace of iris-based applications based on

Mass Spectrometry Methods Database Gets Major Update

May 25, 2006

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently added 150 new methods—nicknamed "recipes"—to a database already containing 255...

Sample Baldrige Application Available for Non-profits

May 25, 2006

Non-profit organizations considering applying for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2007 or using the Baldrige criteria for performance excellence...

Meeting of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee

Thu, Jul 8 - Fri, Jul 9 2010

Public meeting of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee. Topics to be discussed: Status update UOCAVA

Neuronal Cell Cultures Kept on the Straight and Narrow

May 25, 2006

An improved technique for culturing cells, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), may enable new, fundamental insights into the...

New Facility Recognized in Lab Design Competition

March 24, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and HDR Inc. will accept an award on March 29 for "high honors" in R&D Magazine's 2005 Lab of the Year...

Gulf Coast MEP Centers to Help Manufacturers Recover

May 25, 2006

This week the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded grants totaling $4.5 million to five organizations affiliated with NIST's Hollings...

2005 Baldrige Award Winners Applications Available

May 12, 2006

Recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award are respected and widely emulated because of their innovative management practices and exceptional...

Furlani Named Director of NIST's IT Lab

May 12, 2006

Cita M. Furlani has been named director of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Furlani brings a...

Low-Cost Microfluidics Can Be a Sticky Problem

May 12, 2006

A deceptively simple approach to bonding thermoplastic microchannel plates together with solvent could be used for low-cost, high-volume production of...

NIST and NCI to Collaborate On Proteomics Assessment

May 12, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health have begun a program to...

NIST Advanced Measurement Laboratory

June 9, 2000

Ground Broken for World's Premier Measurement Research Facility (News Release) Advanced Measurement Laboratory brochure Advanced Measurement Laboratory Web site...

NIST Launches Advanced Measurement Laboratory

June 21, 2004

Considered the most technically advanced research facility of its kind in the world, the new Advanced Measurement Laboratory (AML) dedicated today at the...

Fast Tenprint Capture

The evaluation of Fast Tenprint Capture devices is threefold. The first is the absolute measurement, i.e., stipulating the specifications and designing targets

WSQ Certification Procedure

This WSQ testing is updated for "Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) Gray-Scale Fingerprint Image Compression Specification Version 3.1" which is available at

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