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Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services

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We Can't Wait: Obama Administration Announces New Public-Private Partnership to Support Manufacturing Innovation, Encourage Investment in America

August 16, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Following through on our We Can't Wait efforts, the Obama Administration today announced the launch of a new public-private institute for

Learn from the Latest Baldrige Case Study

July 11, 2012

What can you learn for your organization from the evaluation of a fictional health care organization conducted by an actual team of Baldrige examiners this year

Manufacturing Day Slated for Oct. 5, 2012

July 2, 2012

Additional Contact: Patricia Lee Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. 815-227-8286 Rockford, Ill.,– To highlight the importance of manufacturing to the

NIST Announces Up to $3M in Funding for Three New Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers

June 27, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting proposals to establish three new Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)

Clean Energy Alliance and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Announce New Collaboration

June 25, 2012

Golden, Colo. – Clean Energy Alliance, Inc. (CEA), the national association of clean energy business incubators, and the Hollings Manufacturing Extension

Energy and Commerce Departments Announce New Centers for Building Operations Excellence

June 19, 2012

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Commerce announced selections for three Centers for Building Operations Excellence that will receive

July 9 Ohio Workshop Seeks Ideas on Design of National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

June 12, 2012

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and partner organizations of the federal interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office

Energy and Commerce Departments Announce New Centers for Building Operations Excellence

June 6, 2012

As outlined in June 19, 2012 Department of Commerce Press Release Today, the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Commerce announced selections

Thirty-Nine Organizations Seek Silver Anniversary Baldrige Award

June 5, 2012

2012, the 25th anniversary year of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, will see 39 organizations vying for the honor. Applicants for the Baldrige Award

Federal Funding for Advanced Manufacturing Regional Partnerships

May 29, 2012

On Thursday, May 24, 2012, the Obama Administration announced a $26 million federal funding opportunity for the multiagency Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and

Interagency Manufacturing Office Asks for Ideas on Design of Proposed Innovation Network

May 4, 2012

The Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) today issued a formal "request for information" on a new public-private partnership proposed by

Next Generation Rail Forums Head to Kansas City and Orlando

April 27, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will host two forums next month designed to connect

Commerce Secretary Bryson Presents Baldrige Award to 11 Organizations

April 24, 2012

On April 15, 2012, U.S. Commerce Department Secretary John Bryson presented 11 U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's

The Critical Economics of Manufacturing Workforce

April 19, 2012

On April 17, 2012, Roger Kilmer, Executive Director of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership testified, along with colleagues at the U.S. Departments of

New Business Plan, New Funding Help Baldrige Program Move Forward

April 13, 2012

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP), managed for 25 years by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in collaboration with the

Wu Elected SPIE Fellow

April 3, 2012

H. Felix Wu, a mechanical engineer and research manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named a fellow of SPIE, the

Online Tool Helps You Assess Your Intellectual Property Awareness

April 3, 2012

A new online tool can help small companies and entrepreneurs evaluate their awareness of intellectual property (IP)—trade secrets, company data and more—and

April Workshop at RPI Is Opportunity to Help Design the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

April 3, 2012

The first of a planned series of regional workshops to design a proposed $1 billion federal initiative, the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI)

USTPO and NIST Unveil New IP Awareness Assessment Tool

March 13, 2012

The new Intellectual Property Awareness Assessment Tool developed by NIST MEP in collaboration with the US Patent and Trademark Office is now available for use

President Proposes National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

March 9, 2012

President Obama announced today his proposal for a new initiative focused on strengthening and ensuring the long-term competitiveness and job-creating power of

Economic Study Shows Value of Baldrige-Based Performance Excellence

January 18, 2012

The news in 2001 was impressive, but it's even more emphatically evident a decade later: the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) significantly

February Forums Help Manufacturers Get on Track to Build Next Generation Rail

January 12, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will host two forums in February 2012 to help U.S

NIST SBIR Program Soliciting Proposals to Solve Manufacturing and IT Challenges

January 10, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needs American innovators and entrepreneurs to help solve technological problems and develop NIST

Partners Offer Performance Excellence Help for Small Businesses

December 20, 2011

A new collaboration between the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP), the Alliance for Performance Excellence and The Alternative Board (TAB) will

National Program Office for the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Established at NIST

December 19, 2011

Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Patrick Gallagher today announced

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