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‘New Kit Helps Small Businesses Get a Jump on Y2K Bug’, Says Commerce Secretary Daley

March 22, 1999

With everything from a self-assessment checklist to upgraded software, a new "Y2K Jumpstart Kit" developed under a Commerce Department program now is available...

Experiments at NIST Launch New Field of Physics: Non-Linear Atom Optics

March 17, 1999

Physicists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology have opened a new field of physics with experiments demonstrating for the...

NIST Physicists Demonstrate Highly Directional Atom Laser from Bose-Einstein Condensate

March 11, 1999

Atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate can be manipulated with light to form a highly directional atom laser, physicists at the Commerce Department’s National...

New Chemistry Laboratory Is First Step Toward 21st Century NIST

March 8, 1999

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology took its first step into the 21st century with today’s dedication of the new Advanced...

NIST Improves Accuracy of Radioactive Seeds Used to Treat Prostate Cancer

March 1, 1999

Men who opt to treat their prostate cancer with implanted radioactive seeds rather than surgery or external beam radiation now can be assured that their...

NGA Supports ‘Year of the Small Manufacturer’

February 26, 1999

Commerce Secretary William Daley today applauded the National Governors Association for their approval of a resolution supporting 1999 as the Year of the Small...

NIST Releases Software to Promote Secure e-Commerce Products

February 25, 1999

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory today released software to assist industry in building more secure...

NIST-Led Y2K Help Center for Small Business Is Open for Business

February 25, 1999

Small manufacturers and other small businesses looking for free help in dealing with the year 2000 computer problem can contact the just-opened Y2K Help Center...

Secretary Daley Declares 1999 as the Year of the Small Manufacturer

February 16, 1999

U.S. Secretary of Commerce William Daley has proclaimed 1999 as the Year of the Small Manufacturer in recognition of the enormous contribution small...

NIST Computer Program Spurs Decision to Set Leaking Cargo Ship Afire

February 12, 1999

A computer program developed by fire scientists at a federal laboratory played a key role in the decision last night to ignite a huge explosion on a cargo ship...

President Clinton Today Presents 1998 Baldrige Quality Award to Three U.S. Companies

February 4, 1999

In a ceremony in Washington, D.C., President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today presented the 1998 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to...

‘Baldrige Index’ Outperforms S&P 500 for Fifth Year

February 4, 1999

The "Baldrige Index" once again has outperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 by more than 200 percent, according to the Commerce Department’s National Institute...

Baldrige Performance Excellence Guide Can Help Health Care Organizations Improve Their Operations

January 22, 1999

Criteria designed to help health care organizations improve their services and overall performance are available now from the Commerce Department’s National...

Baldrige Performance Excellence Guide Can Help Education Institutions Learn How to Improve

January 22, 1999

Criteria designed to help education institutions improve their services and overall performance are available now from the Commerce Department’s National...

IBM’s Brown Named as New NIST Deputy Director

January 22, 1999

National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Ray Kammer has announced the appointment of Karen H. Brown as the agency’s new deputy director. Brown...

Baldrige Guide to Performance Excellence for Business Gets New Look, Format for 1999

January 11, 1999

While you won't find it at your local bookstore or on a "Top 10 Bestseller" list, the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence is one of the nation's most...

Price Check II Shows Scanner Accuracy Has Improved Since 1996

December 16, 1998

A survey conducted by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and weights and measures...

Clarksville Man Honored for His Work as a Mentor

December 9, 1998

Victor R. McCrary of Clarksville, Md., has received the Equal Employment Opportunity Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. McCrary, a...

Uriano Award Presented to Three Local Residents

December 9, 1998

Three National Institute of Standards and Technology employees have received the George A. Uriano Award for outstanding achievements in building or...

NIST Scientist Wins Nation's Highest Scientific Honor

December 8, 1998

President Clinton today named John W. Cahn (photo), a leading materials scientist at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Aircraft, Turbine, and Label Manufacturers Named Today To Receive 1998 Baldrige Award

November 17, 1998

Two large manufacturers of aircraft and industrial gas turbines and a small manufacturer of identification and information labels were announced today by...

Help For Small Manufacturers in Checking Y2K Compliance in Factory-Floor Equipment

November 5, 1998

Small manufacturers will find it easier to determine whether embedded devices in factory-floor systems have a year 2000 date problem thanks to a recently formed...

New Book Confronts Issues Challenging Semiconductor Industry

November 2, 1998

A wide range of issues important to the U.S. semiconductor industry—and a strategy to correct what some experts see as a potentially dangerous trend of...

Sun Sets on Manufacturing Centers' Sixth-Year Funding Restriction

October 30, 1998

Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers around the nation that help small manufacturers to be more productive and competitive now can receive federal...

Baldrige Quality Awards for Education, Healthcare Set for 1999

October 30, 1998

Education and healthcare organizations will be eligible to take full advantage of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1999 as a result of legislation...

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