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Building a High-Tech Future Through Partnerships & Planning: Commerce's NIST Announces $7.8 Million in Advanced Manufacturing Technology Grants

May 8, 2015

Guest blog post by Michael F Molnar Director, Advanced Manufacturing Office, NIST The power and performance of the computer chip have improved like clockwork...

NIST Awards $7.8 Million for Advanced Manufacturing Technology Planning Grants

May 7, 2015

GAITHERSBURG, MD--The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced 16 awards totaling $7.8 million to help...

Baldrige Leaders Recognized Among "Top 25 Women in Health Care"

May 7, 2015

Modern Healthcare's annual "Top 25 Women in Health Care 2015" list includes three health care leaders whose involvement with the Baldrige Performance Excellence...

Baldrige Endorses Manufacturing Day

April 22, 2015

To support U.S. manufacturing and to connect Baldrige community schools and manufacturers with resources, the Baldrige Program has become an endorser of...

Executives Prepare to Tackle Strategic Leadership Challenges During Year-Long Fellowship

April 16, 2015

Embarking on a year-long fellowship to dialogue on all aspects of leadership and how it relates to a visionary focus, operational intelligence, engagement, and...

Executives Solve Leadership Challenges with the Baldrige Framework

April 16, 2015

The Baldrige Program is proud to announce the completion of the year-long Baldrige Executive Fellows Program by 14 senior leaders exploring all aspects of...

Commerce Deputy Secretary Andrews Honors Four Organizations with 2014 Baldrige Award

April 13, 2015

On April 12, 2015, U.S. Commerce Department Deputy Secretary Bruce Andrews presented four U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award...

Carroll Thomas Named Director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership

April 9, 2015

Carroll Thomas has been appointed director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST...

Baldrige Program Tops in Leadership Development for Two Straight Years

April 2, 2015

For the second year in a row, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) has received the first place award in the government and military category of...

Making U.S. Manufacturing Stronger

March 19, 2015

In a guest post on The Commerce Blog, NIST's Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services Phillip Singerman discusses a new Federal Funding...

NIST Releases Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer Report for Fiscal Year 2012

March 17, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer, Fiscal Year 2012, Summary Report to the...

A NIST project manager and guest researcher discuss innovative optical methods for characterizing biological materials.

Lab to Market: When One Plus One Equals Three

March 13, 2015

Guest blog post by Paul R. Zielinski, MS, MBA, Director, Technology Partnerships Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology & Chair, Federal...

NIST 2015 SBIR Grants to Fund Research in Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Cybersecurity and Bioscience

March 11, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is offering to fund research projects that address...

New Data Show Baldrige State-by-State Impacts

March 4, 2015

Newly released data highlight benefits throughout the country of the network of state and local Baldrige-based programs called the Alliance for Performance...

NIST Awards $26 Million to Support Manufacturing in 10 States

February 24, 2015

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the award of new cooperative agreements...

Seeking Excellence? All Roads Lead to 2015 Quest Conference in April

February 18, 2015

Look up the origin of the word "quest" and you'll find it comes from a Latin verb to "seek or ask." For organizations seeking insight toward improved...

Last Call for 2015 Baldrige Sponsorship Opportunities for the Quest Conference!

February 17, 2015

The sponsor application process closes February 27. Organizations and individuals are invited to help support the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program by...

More Evidence that Baldrige Criteria Help Organizations Perform Better

February 11, 2015

Several recent articles in national journals support the validity of the Baldrige approach across several sectors, including health care and manufacturing....

NIST Announces New Center to Support Florida Manufacturers

January 30, 2015

The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

2015-2016 Baldrige Education and Health Care Framework and Criteria Now Available

January 15, 2015

Now available for purchase on the Baldrige website; the Baldrige Excellence Framework and Criteria (Education) and the Baldrige Excellence Framework and...

2015 Baldrige Sponsorship Opportunities Are Available!

January 12, 2015

Organizations and individuals are invited to help support the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program by becoming Baldrige sponsors, who support a range of...

President Obama Announces New Manufacturing Innovation Hub in Knoxville, Tennessee

January 9, 2015

A Knoxville-area based consortium of 122 companies, nonprofits, universities and research laboratories is partnering with the Department of Energy to create a...

2015-2016 Baldrige Excellence Framework and Criteria (Business/Nonprofit)

December 16, 2014

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2015-2016 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit) booklet. The Baldrige Excellence...

NIST Awards $2.5 Million in Grants to MEP Centers for Pilot Business-to-Business Networks

December 2, 2014

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $2.5 million in grants to 10 Hollings Manufacturing Extension...

Baldrige Program Seeks Examiners for 2015 Board

December 1, 2014

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking applicants for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for the 2015 award...

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