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This will help forensic labs correctly determine whether a seized material is hemp, which is legal in all 50 states, or marijuana, which is a controlled...
NIST has released the fourth public draft (4pd) of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-90C, Recommendation for Random Bit Generator (RBG) Constructions. The NIST...
The NIST Office of Reference Materials implements a quality management system (QMS) based on Standard ISO 9001:2015, Guide 31:2015 and relevant requirements of...
The clock is the latest demonstration that a much more precise definition of the official second is possible and that new applications of clocks are feasible.
NIST researchers Eugene Song and Kang Lee chaired and led the development of the IEEE 1451.0 TM-2024 Standard for a Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and...
NIST researchers from the Communications Technology Laboratory's Smart Connected Systems Division recently hosted representatives from the Hawaii Technology...
On 02-06 June 2024, the NIST Smart Cities program lead, Dr. Michael Dunaway, led a U.S. delegation to the World Cities Summit (WCS) in Singapore to discuss...
NIST researcher Dr. Eugene Song provided a presentation of interoperability testing methods of smart sensors in Internet of Things (IoT)/Industrial IoT (IIoT)...
At the 2024 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) in Washington, DC, NIST researchers Serghei Drozdov and Mehdi Dadfarnia gave a 90-minute tutorial...
NIST will hold a virtual workshop on Technical Language Processing on 24-25 September 2024. Online registration is $33.00 USD and is available via the workshop...
It is now common knowledge that the U.S. is one of a handful of countries that still use non-SI measurements in our daily lives and in many commercial...
OWM staff have consistently published newsletter articles over the years to keep our customers and stakeholders informed on current weights and measures issues...
For several years, there has been an increase in the use of Class II scales in commercial applications. Previously relegated to pharmacies, jewelry stores, and...
Rodney Petersen, the Director of NICE and Interim Chief of the Applied Cybersecurity Division at NIST, participated as a witness during the recent U.S. House of...
NIST OWM is striving to assist the weights and measures community meet the new technical challenges and demands of America’s continued transition to E-mobility...
OWM Recorded Webinars and Training Videos OWM develops and delivers a series of recorded webinars and training videos covering a wide range of legal metrology...
In 2024, the MBE Summit in-person event returned and combined with the QIF Summit. The event was held from April 16-19, 2024 at MxD (Manufacturing x Digital)...
Nine U.S. organizations have been selected to receive site visits this summer, proceeding to the final phase of a significantly revised process for applicant...
NIST maintains its cryptography standards and guidelines using a periodic review process. Currently, we are reviewing the following publications: NIST Special...
The initial public draft of NIST Internal Report (IR) 8505, A Data Protection Approach for Cloud-Native Applications, is now available for public comment. Cloud...