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Gaithersburg

5870 Calibration Certificate Evaluation

Thu, Jun 22 2023, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

This 2-hour webinar will introduce concepts necessary to successfully implement ISO/IEC 17025:2017 compliant calibration

The graphic depicts a firefighter wearing protective turnout gear with a diagram of the three layers of the gear, which are the outer shell, the moisture barrier and thermal barrier.

Researchers Pin Down PFAS Prevalence in Firefighter Gear

May 1, 2023

The findings hint at potential solutions for safer equipment.

Twenty‐Five Years Later

2013 marked the 25th‐anniversary of the Baldrige Program, now called the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program®. Since its not‐so‐humble...

The Transformation of American Business—and the Other Sectors

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Reimann said, some existing communities of U.S. leaders proudly became part of the Baldrige effort. For...

Baldrige Spreads to the States

In the fall of 1987, Reimann said he received a visit from Connecticut resident Sheila Carmine who thought it would be interesting to launch...

Launch of the Baldrige Program and First Awards Ceremony

On March 31, 1988, President Reagan launched the Baldrige Program at a White House Ceremony: The award . . . offers a vehicle for companies...

The Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

The NBS staff were extremely uneasy about direct fundraising, Reimann said; “We didn’t think we should be trying to get people and companies...

The Board of Overseers

On March 4, 1988, the charter for the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award® was signed. The objectives and...

The Judges Panel and Board of Examiners

On March 3, 1988, the Judges Panel for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award® was approved to “ensure the integrity of the award...

The First Baldrige Award Process

With the new Secretary of Commerce focusing on the new award, Reimann said they had extremely tight time requirements; the first Malcolm...

The Criteria Framework and Award Process Are Born

The law required “guidelines and criteria that can be used by business, industrial, governmental, and other organizations in evaluating...

1987: Tragedy Gives Impetus to Award

The next year, Congressman Doug Walgren reintroduced the legislation, and Senator Bob Graham sponsored a Senate version of the bill. On June...

1983–1986: Commissions, Initiatives, and a First Attempt

On the national stage, in June 1983, President Ronald Reagan established the President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness to...

How the Baldrige Program Began

The Birth of a Unique Public‐Private Partnership This article was written by Baldrige Performance Excellence Program staff member Dawn...

NanoFab Software Releases

NEMO The NEMO web application is laboratory logistics software that strives to be intuitive and easy to use, making life easier in the lab...

Baldrige Executives Explore Best Practices, Leadership Challenges as They Complete Yearlong Fellowship

April 14, 2023

Fourteen senior leaders from a variety of U.S. organizations recently joined more than 135 other executives as graduates of the Baldrige Executive Fellows

Executives Embark on Year-Long Fellowship, with Baldrige Framework as Foundation

April 19, 2023

In April 2023, 17 executives began a year-long leadership development journey in the prestigious Baldrige Executive Fellows Program, the only leadership

Photo shows a NIST firefighter on standby watching a shed burn next to a target structure representing a wall of a residence during an experiment.

For Sheds in Wildfire Zones, NIST Researchers Determine How Close Is Too Close to Home

June 1, 2023

How far away do sheds need to be located to significantly limit fire spread to homes? New research led by NIST has begun to provide important answers.

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration, which includes scientists from NIST, Unveils New Map of Dark Matter

April 17, 2023

A groundbreaking new image taken by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile reveals the most detailed map ever taken of the distribution of dark matter

NIST Scientists Develop Novel CT Scan Device for Integrated Circuits

April 14, 2023

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed a novel tabletop device that takes three

Manipulating Multiple Lasers on a Single Chip: Paving the Way for a New Generation of Quantum Devices

April 10, 2023

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed chip-scale devices for simultaneously manipulating the color, focus

Login.gov Doesn’t Meet the Standard

March 29, 2023

Referenced Speaker

James A. St Pierre

The purpose of the hearing was to examine the technical and operational capabilities of Login.gov, a sign-on service provided by the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services.

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