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MINEX II - An Assessment of Match-on-Card technology

MINEX II is the part of the MINEX program dedicated to the evaluation and development of the capabilities of fingerprint minutia matchers...

Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) Overview

The approval of the INCITS 378 fingerprint template standard creates the possibility of a fully interoperable multivendor marketplace for applications involving

MINEX04 Homepage

The purpose of MINEX04 was to determine the feasibility of using minutiae data (rather than image data) as the interchange medium for...

Comments Sought on Updated Guide for Assessing Federal IT Security Controls

May 11, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final draft of Special Publication 800-53A, Revision 1, Guide for Assessing Security

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NIST Releases Successor to Venerable Handbook of Math Functions

May 11, 2010

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- After a decade of preparation, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the

Final NIST Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Report Urges Strict Adherence to and Strengthening of Current Model Safety Codes

June 29, 2005

Full list of recommendations Complete Report: Volume 1 (.pdf; requires Acrobat Reader) Appendices: Volume 2 (.pdf; requires Acrobat Reader) GAITHERSBURG, MD —

Commerce's NIST Launches Investigation into Rhode Island Nightclub Fire

February 27, 2003

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today launched an investigation into the tragic fire of Feb. 20, 2003, at The

Commerce's NIST Names National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

March 20, 2003

Eight prominent building and fire experts have been appointed by Arden Bement Jr., director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and

First Meeting of National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to Be Held April 29

April 15, 2003

The first meeting of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Names Two Additional Experts to National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

April 28, 2003

Two additional building and fire experts have been appointed by Arden Bement Jr., director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and

2010 BEYA/Minorities in Research Science Emerald Honors - Yadu Tewari

Dr. Tewari received the Senior Investigator award for his research leadership.

Special Database 32 - Multiple Encounter Dataset (MEDS)

NIST Special Database 32 - Multiple Encounter Dataset (MEDS) is a test corpus organized from an extract of submissions of deceased persons...

Biometric Special Databases and Software

Friction Ridge Mugshots/Face OCR Friction Ridge Special Database 302: Nail to Nail (N2N) Fingerprint Challenge ( user's guide available)...

NACMA 2010 Annual Workshop and Conference: Meet World Experts on GD&T, Dimensional Measurement Uncertainty, and Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) Accuracy

Wed, Aug 4 - Fri, Aug 6 2010

To contribute to the growth of expertise in coordinate measuring machine technology, improve measurement accuracy and

Message from President Bush to 2004 Baldrige Recipients

November 23, 2004

Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige Award celebrates the achievements of American workers

Two Manufacturers, Business School, Hospital to Receive Presidential Award for Quality and Performance Excellence

November 23, 2004

President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Don Evans today announced four organizations as recipients of the 2004 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Six Organizations to Receive 2005 Presidential Award for Quality and Performance Excellence

November 22, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez today announced six organizations as recipients of the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige

Message from President Bush to 2006 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

November 17, 2006

Congratulations to the 2006 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The American economy is robust and growing because of the hard work and

Three to Receive Presidential Award for Excellence

November 21, 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced three organizations as recipients of the 2006 Malcolm

2010 STEM Talent: A Symposium & Career Fair for Postdocs in the Capital Region

Thu, Jul 22 2010

A conference and career fair for current postdoctoral fellows working in Washington, D.C.-area federal labs and

FpVTE 2003 FAQ

To ask a question, please email us. All responses will be posted to this list: no individual responses will be sent. The newest Q&As are at...

Federal Computer Security Program Managers' Forum Annual Offsite

Tue, Jun 8 - Wed, Jun 9 2010

The Federal Computer Security Program Managers' Forum is a group comprised of information security professionals from

NIST Joins Task Force to Study Nexus Between Innovation and Privacy Policy

April 27, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has joined a Commerce-Department-wide Internet Policy Task Force to identify leading issues in the

National Conference on Weights and Measures 95th Annual Meeting Agenda Released

April 27, 2010

The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will hold their annual meeting in St. Paul, Minn., from July 11-15, 2010. The theme of this year's annual

Major Residential Fire Study to be Issued April 28

April 27, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will issue the results of a multi-institutional landmark national study on the effects of firefighter

Photomicrograph shows Mag-µBot, the entry from Carnegie-Mellon University in the NIST Mobile Microrobotics Challenge.

Teams Gearing Up for Two NIST Robotic Competitions in Alaska

April 27, 2010

The recruitment period is over. The competitors have been selected. Let the games begin! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced

USGv6 Stakeholders Meet to Discuss Testing Program and Updated Protocol

April 27, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a public meeting on May 20, 2010 at the NIST site in Gaithersburg, Md., to review a

Computer simulations showing the mixing of water and isopropyl alcohol in a COMMAND microfluidic device.

NIST, Maryland Researchers COMMAND a Better Class of Liposomes

April 27, 2010

Pop a bubble while washing the dishes and you're likely to release a few drops of water trapped when the soapy sphere formed. A few years ago, researchers at

Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security

Tue, May 11 - Wed, May 12 2010

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually

moiré patterns created by overlaid sheets of graphene to determine how the lattices of the individual sheets were stacked in relation to one another and to find subtle strains in the regions of bulges or wrinkles in the sheets.

Seeing Moiré in Graphene

April 27, 2010

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated that atomic scale moiré

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