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NIST and DOC Planning Documents

NIST Strategic Planning Studies:

Cyber Security

Economic Case Study: The Impact of NSTIC on the Internal Revenue Service (Planning Report #13-2) [pdf]

Economic Analysis of an Inadequate Cyber Security Technical Infrastructure (Planning Report #13-1) [pdf]

Electronics

Economic Impact of Measurement in the Semiconductor Industry (Planning Report #07-2) [pdf]

Metrology-Related Costs in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry, 1990, 1996, and 2001 (Planning Report #98-4) [pdf]

Energy

Changing Measurement and Standards Needs in a Deregulated Electric Utility Industry (Planning Report #00-2) [pdf]

Healthcare

Economic Analysis of the Technology Infrastructure Needs of the U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry (Planning Report #07-1) [pdf]

The Impact of Calibration Error in Medical Decision Making (Planning Report #04-1) [pdf]

Manufacturing

Economic Impact of Inadequate Infrastructure for Supply Chain Integration (Planning Report #04-2) [pdf]

Services

Measuring Service-Sector Research and Development (Planning Report #05-1) [pdf]

Cost Analysis of Inadequate Interoperability in the U.S. Capital Facilities Industry (NIST GCR 04-867) [pdf]

The Economics of a Technology-Based Service Sector (Planning Report #98-2) [pdf]

Software

The Economic Impacts of Inadequate Infrastructure for Software Testing (Planning Report #02-3) [pdf]

Standards

IPv6 Economic Impact Assessment (Planning Report #05-2) [pdf]

Trade

Measuring Economic Effects of Technical Barriers to Trade on U.S. Exporters (Planning Report #04-3) [pdf]

Also available Economic Impacts Studies and Policy Studies

Created June 1, 2009, Updated June 2, 2021