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Governor Ehrlich Announces Technology Partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology

December 18, 2003

GAITHERSBURG, MD (December 18, 2003) - Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. today announced that the State of Maryland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

106 Local Residents Earn DOC, NIST Awards

December 9, 2003

In ceremonies held on Dec. 5, 2003, at the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC), Commerce Secretary Don Evans presented 47 local area staff members of the National

Commerce's NIST Updates Progress of World Trade Center Investigation

December 2, 2003

Access to All Essential Data Has Been Obtained The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has obtained access to all of the

NIST Calls for Comments on Draft of Federal Computer Security Controls Guidelines

November 3, 2003

Computer scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released an initial public draft of NIST Special

Agreements to Facilitate NIST WTC Investigation

October 31, 2003

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that it has reached an agreement with the City of New York (NYC)

NIST Details First-Person Data Collection Projects for WTC Investigation

September 17, 2003

At a press briefing in New York City today, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) detailed its plans to collect first

Commerce's NIST Announces 44 New Advanced Technology Program Awards

September 10, 2003

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced 44 new awards from its Advanced Technology Program (ATP)

Stanley Named to Head NIST's Advanced Technology Program

September 2, 2003

Marc G. Stanley has been selected to lead the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology

Memorandum of Understanding Between The National Institute of Standards and Technology and The University of Maryland, College Park, MD for Cooperative Research

July 16, 2003

This Memorandum of Understanding, effective upon the date of execution by the last party to sign ("Effective Date"), is entered into by and between the

NIST, University of Maryland Agree to Broadly Expand Collaborations

July 16, 2003

Arden L. Bement, director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, and C.D. Mote, president of the University of Maryland

Ultracold Molecules Pave Way for Quantum 'Super Molecule'

July 2, 2003

A team of researchers at JILA, a joint institute of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of

Debasis Basak and Michael Kennedy set up a new NIST instrument

NIST Puts New Testing Device to Work on Recovered WTC Steel Shows How Steel Responds to High Stress, High Temperature

June 25, 2003

A new instrument at the National Institute of Standards and Technology that operates like an air-powered battering ram has been pressed into service to study

Taming the Qubit

April 10, 2003

The trouble with qubits is they don't always behave. Scientists are, however, learning to control these weird "quantum bits," particles that someday may store

Bailey Appointed Director of Commerce's NIST Boulder Labs

April 7, 2003

Zelda Chapman Bailey, a career government employee who has held increasingly responsible positions with the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service

Public Safety Studies on Evacuation of World Trade Center to be Announced at April 8 Community Forum

March 24, 2003

Scientific investigators from Columbia University, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Commerce's NIST Reports Significant Advances Made in Facial Recognition Technology

March 13, 2003

Computers have become much more adept at "recognizing" human faces during the past two years, states a report released today by the Commerce Department's

Six Federal Agencies to Help Open the 'GATE' to Enhanced Manufacturing R&D

March 5, 2003

Six federal agencies involved in manufacturing research and development (R&D) have launched a major effort to improve the exchange of information about their

Commerce's NIST to Send Fire and Safety Experts to Rhode Island Fire Scene

February 21, 2003

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is sending fire and safety experts to W. Warwick, RI, to gather information and

NIST: Both Fingerprints, Facial Recognition Needed to Protect U.S. Borders

February 11, 2003

A dual approach that employs both fingerprint and facial recognition technology is the best option for a biometric system that would make the nation's borders

President's FY 2004 Budget Seeks a Half Billion in Funding for the Commerce Department's Technology Administration

February 3, 2003

More on FY 2004 budget request President Bush's fiscal year (FY) 2004 budget request for the Commerce Department's Technology Administration (TA) is $504.8

[Federal Register: November 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 218)] [Notices] [Page 68563-68564] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr12no02-37]

November 12, 2002

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee AGENCY: National Institute of

Commerce's NIST Seeks Members for National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

November 12, 2002

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced in today's Federal Register that it is seeking nominations of

U.S. Department of Commerce Charter of the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

November 12, 2002

ESTABLISHMENT: In accordance with the requirements of Section11 of the National Construction Safety Team Act (P. L. 107-231), hereinafter referred to as the Act

image of a subdividing cell treated with a fluorescent stain that is selectively absorbed by mitochondria.

Using Mitochondrial DNA as a Cancer Biomarker

October 30, 2002

As part of a national effort to identify biomarkers for early detection of cancer, NIST is developing safer, faster, and more efficient methods for sequencing

New Commerce Guidelines to Help Protect Against Cyberattacks

October 29, 2002

Federal agencies now have a systematic way to evaluate their computer security as a result of guidelines announced today by Commerce Under Secretary for

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