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Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services

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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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

Four U.S. Organizations Honored with the 2011 Baldrige National Quality Award

November 22, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson today named four organizations—three health care operations and one nonprofit business—as recipients of the...

NIST to Help Speed Technology Transfer from Federal Labs

November 8, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will play a significant role in helping speed the transfer of federal research and development from...

New Study Finds that Baldrige Award Recipient Hospitals Significantly Outperform Their Peers

October 25, 2011

A new report has found that health care organizations that have won Baldrige National Quality Awards for performance excellence or been considered for a...

Commerce and Transportation Departments Forge Partnership to Boost Domestic Manufacturing Across America

October 18, 2011

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank today announced a partnership to encourage the creation of domestic...

NIST MEP and EDA Working with National Governors Association to Encourage Growth Opportunities in Manufacturing in Seven States

October 7, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and the Economic Development Administration (EDA), both...

NIST Extends Response Period for Comments on Proposed New Advanced Manufacturing Program

September 23, 2011

To accommodate additional interested parties, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a 30-day extension on a request seeking...

Eleven for '11: Number of Organizations Announced for 2011 Baldrige Award Site Visits

September 13, 2011

The Panel of Judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence, has selected 11...

Survey of Baldrige Examiners Reveals Current Perceptions of Performance

August 30, 2011

Management and non-management personnel across a broad cross-section of U.S. organizations see eye-to-eye on mission, customer focus and commitment to success...

Spotlight on Commerce: Phillip Singerman, Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

July 15, 2011

Ed. Note: This post is part of the Spotlight on Commerce series, which highlights members of the Department of Commerce who are contributing to the president's...

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Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services

News and Updates

The Critical Economics of Manufacturing Workforce

New Business Plan, New Funding Help Baldrige Program Move Forward

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

Online Tool Helps You Assess Your Intellectual Property Awareness

Wu Elected SPIE Fellow

USTPO and NIST Unveil New IP Awareness Assessment Tool

President Proposes National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

Economic Study Shows Value of Baldrige-Based Performance Excellence

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

NIST SBIR Program Soliciting Proposals to Solve Manufacturing and IT Challenges

Partners Offer Performance Excellence Help for Small Businesses

National Program Office for the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Established at NIST

Four U.S. Organizations Honored with the 2011 Baldrige National Quality Award

NIST to Help Speed Technology Transfer from Federal Labs

New Study Finds that Baldrige Award Recipient Hospitals Significantly Outperform Their Peers

Commerce and Transportation Departments Forge Partnership to Boost Domestic Manufacturing Across America

NIST MEP and EDA Working with National Governors Association to Encourage Growth Opportunities in Manufacturing in Seven States

NIST Extends Response Period for Comments on Proposed New Advanced Manufacturing Program

Eleven for '11: Number of Organizations Announced for 2011 Baldrige Award Site Visits

Survey of Baldrige Examiners Reveals Current Perceptions of Performance

Spotlight on Commerce: Phillip Singerman, Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST Selects First Chief Manufacturing Officer

Help Wanted: NIST Conducting Nationwide Search for New Director of Technology Innovation Program

Study Highlights Diversity in Agency Technology Transfer Approaches

Baldrige Program Takes Performance Excellence on the Road

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