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NIST Software Tool Improves Your Doctor’s Vaccination Advice

December 21, 2020

Behind the scenes at your doctor’s office, there’s a complicated set of information that your providers have to absorb before telling you which vaccinations to...

Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)--Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector: NIST SP 1800-24

December 21, 2020

A new NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, NIST SP 1800-24, is now available: Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS): Cybersecurity for the...

NICE Framework Adoption, Adaptation, and Extension

December 18, 2020

The National CyberWatch Center recently published a special issue of their Cybersecurity Skills Journal: Practice and Research to highlight investigating...

Optofluidic Cytometry

This NIST-wide collaborative project aims to improve biotechnology and medical diagnostics by increasing the resolution and precision of measurements of cells

Dynamic Nanoflow Metrology

Current work, within the NIST on a Chip Program, includes developing microfluidic systems that improve the accuracy of flow measurements, which are fundamental

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2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit) Now Available

December 21, 2020

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit): Proven Leadership and Management...

Lab-to-Market Strategy Teams win 2020 Gears of Government Award

The Lab-to-Market strategy teams "led efforts to develop milestones for each of the Lab-to-Market CAP Goal strategies, which work to improve the $150 billion annual Federal Government investment in research and development. The team’s work...

2020 Class of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Outstanding Ambassadors - Jessica Caraway, Carrie Kelly and Warren Livengood

Department of Commerce Class of 2020 Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors, these three employees were named for their outstanding contributions: Jessica Caraway (Boulder), Carrie Kelly (Gaithersburg), and Warren Livengood...

OFPM’s Tom Armstrong 2020 FEDS Spotlight Recipient

2020 Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Management Program “Energy Exchange” conference, OFPM’s Tom Armstrong was recognized as the Department of Commerce’s FEDS Spotlight Employee for 2020.

OFPM Facilities Support Division Receives 2020 Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Fleet Management Award

OFPM Facilities Support Division’s Kevin Redman and Vivian Shirley also won the next higher award in this category, the 2020 Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Fleet Management Award in recognition for implementing fleet...

OFPM Facilities Support Division Receives 2019 Department of Commerce Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award

OFPM Facilities Support Division’s Kevin Redman and Vivian Shirley won the 2019 Department of Commerce’s Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award for their Fleet Management Program, recognizing operational savings in transportation management.

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NIST Clarifies Structure of Prospective Vaccine for Respiratory Virus

December 16, 2020

No approved vaccine exists for RSV, a life-threatening virus that attacks the respiratory system. State-of-the-art neutron and X-ray scattering performed at the...

Patrick Grother, Mei Ngan, and Kayee Hanaoka Win FedID Award

For their work in the NIST Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) program, the largest and most extensive face recognition algorithm test of its kind.

Federal Computer Security Managers' Forum - 1/2 Day Meeting - February 2021

Tue, Feb 23 2021, 9:00am - 12:00pm EST

NOTE: THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO ONLY FEDERAL/STATE EMPLOYEES, HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYEES, AND THEIR DESIGNATED SUPPORT

NIST Releases Draft Guidance on Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity

December 15, 2020

As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows to connect an amazing diversity of devices to electronic networks, four new publications from the National Institute of...

2020 Rising Stars of Light certificate for Amit Agrawal

2020 Rising Stars of Light Final Winners - Amit Agrawal

A joint second place prize between Amit and Dr. Shuo Sun from UC Boulder: Their research efforts are focused on developing novel measurement methods and nanofabrication techniques to study fundamental light-matter interaction in nanophotonic devices...

Naomi Lefkovitz wins 2020 IAPP Vanguard Award

For exceptional leadership, knowledge and creativity in the field of privacy and data protection, whether through spearheading projects or programs that positively impact the profession or through achievements over the course of an entire tenure or...

Rising Star: Katie Boeckl

For accomplishments over the past year and for leadership potential in this community

Rene Peralta Wins Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing

For the paper Computation in networks of passively mobile finite-state sensors - Distributed Computing 18(4): 235-253 (2006).

Donna Dodson Receives Service to America Medal

Recognized as one of the nation’s premier cybersecurity experts, having helped develop the first commercially available encryption standards as well as state-of-the-art guidelines for government and industry to prevent, detect and respond to...

Defining IoT Cybersecurity Requirements: Draft Guidance for Federal Agencies and IoT Device Manufacturers (SP 800-213, NISTIRs 8259B/C/D)

December 15, 2020

An incredible variety and volume of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being produced. IoT devices are ever more frequently becoming integral elements of...

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Gaithersburg

NIST Software Tool Improves Your Doctor’s Vaccination Advice

Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)--Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector: NIST SP 1800-24

NICE Framework Adoption, Adaptation, and Extension

Optofluidic Cytometry

Dynamic Nanoflow Metrology

2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit) Now Available

Lab-to-Market Strategy Teams win 2020 Gears of Government Award

2020 Class of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Outstanding Ambassadors - Jessica Caraway, Carrie Kelly and Warren Livengood

OFPM’s Tom Armstrong 2020 FEDS Spotlight Recipient

OFPM Facilities Support Division Receives 2020 Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Fleet Management Award

OFPM Facilities Support Division Receives 2019 Department of Commerce Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award

NIST Clarifies Structure of Prospective Vaccine for Respiratory Virus

Patrick Grother, Mei Ngan, and Kayee Hanaoka Win FedID Award

Federal Computer Security Managers' Forum - 1/2 Day Meeting - February 2021

NIST Releases Draft Guidance on Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity

2020 Rising Stars of Light Final Winners - Amit Agrawal

Naomi Lefkovitz wins 2020 IAPP Vanguard Award

Rising Star: Katie Boeckl

Rene Peralta Wins Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing

Donna Dodson Receives Service to America Medal

Defining IoT Cybersecurity Requirements: Draft Guidance for Federal Agencies and IoT Device Manufacturers (SP 800-213, NISTIRs 8259B/C/D)

CVMAP for CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs) and Authorized Data Publishers: NISTIR 8246

Identifying and Estimating Cybersecurity Risk for Enterprise Risk Management: Draft NISTIR 8286A Available for Comment

NIST Releases Supplemental Materials for SP 800-53: Analysis of Changes Between Revisions 4 and 5, and Control Mappings

Error-Prone Quantum Bits Could Correct Themselves, NIST Physicists Show

Cybersecurity Practice Guides for Securing Data Integrity Against Ransomware Attacks

Safeguarding Containers in Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments: Draft NISTIR 8320A is Available for Comment

Gaithersburg Campus Photos

2nd Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) Workshop

5720 State Laboratory Annual Submission Process