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Strategy

Prepare for the future—or you won’t be in it. Strategy Develop specific objectives and measurable goals Identify and consider innovative...

Leadership

Share your vision and lead your organization—leadership is behavior and actions, not a position. Help workforce understand and achieve your...

Foundations for a Successful Business Interactive Modules

Introduction & Organizational Context Start with a deeper understanding of your organization. Decide on your mission and vision and what...

Photo on top showing researchers studying a large concrete structure on a wall; image on bottom showing a heat map of forces on a similar simulated structural column.

New Building Standard Paves the Way for Collapse-Resistant Structures

June 5, 2023

A new building standard can help engineers prevent the worst.

Organizational Context

Start with a deeper understanding of your organization. Defining Your Mission and Vision What Groups of People Are Important What Are Your...

Dr. Meisenkothen is honored for the development of standards-based techniques for atom probe tomography. Application of these techniques enables nanometer-scale mass spectrometry and imaging to be performed with previously unattainable levels of...

5871 Document Control and Record Keeping

Thu, Aug 17 2023, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

This 2-hour webinar will introduce the fundamentals of Laboratory Management System Document Control and Record Keeping

Nevada Industry Excellence Has Rebranded as Manufacture Nevada

April 4, 2023

Nevada Industry Excellence (NVIE) is an Outreach Program of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Research & Innovation division. To better align with its vision and...

2022 APS Fellow - Angela R. Hight Walker

For pioneering advancements to the measurement science of Raman spectroscopy for quantifying light-matter interactions of low-dimensional materials, including nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and 2D materials, and outstanding mentorship of...

Foundations for a Successful Business

Introducing a Systems Perspective for Your Organization Leading an organization is complex and often chaotic. Managing that complexity well...

NIST’s SBIR Program Could be for You

April 26, 2023

Fascination with technological innovation is built into America’s DNA. Today’s legions of U.S. scientific and engineering researchers are directly connected to...

MDKP-PWG Charter

Multi-Domain Knowledge Planes for Service Federation for 5G & Beyond Public Working Group (MDKP-PWG) I. MDKP-PWG Organizational Structure A...

Multi-Domain Knowledge Planes for Service Federation for 5G & Beyond Public Working Group (MDKP-PWG)

The NIST Transformational Networks and Services group, of NIST’s Communication Technology Laboratory’s Smart Connected Systems Division, has formed the Multi

CHIPS for America Outlines Vision for the National Semiconductor Technology Center

April 25, 2023

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a paper outlining its vision and strategy for a National...

NIST at the 2023 Automate Show

May 22-25, 2023 Booth #745 Huntington Place Convention Center Detroit, Michigan The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST)...

JARVIS-ALIGNN, JARVIS-ALIGNN-FF

Our Atomistic Line Graph Neural Network (ALIGNN) models are designed to predict atomistic properties with high accuracy. They can successfully predict single

2022 - 5 Sigma Physicist Award---Michelle Bailey

Michelle Bailey is being recognized as a member of the joint Optica/APS Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations report panel. She moderated the launch-webinar for the report and organized a presentation on the report at the “ Metrology for...

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...

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