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The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today awarded $5 million total in funding for nine research grants that will
Edwin R. Fuller, Jr., Andrew R. Roosen, and Stephen A. Langer, have received the 2000 Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award from the National Institute of
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, has presented its 2000 Samuel Wesley
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, has presented its 2000 William P. Slichter
A worldwide competition to develop a new encryption technique that can be used to protect computerized information ended today when Secretary of Commerce Norman
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today unveiled a new Braille reader that may soon bring the benefits of electronic books to the blind. An
Interest in electronic books is soaring in the wake of best-selling novelist Stephen King's decision to publish his own e-book via the Internet earlier this
Seven current and former members of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Boulder Laboratories shared in a Silver Medal award from the Department for their roles in
Gaithersburg, Md.—Deputy Secretary of Commerce Robert L. Mallett today congratulated a diverse group of companies for working together to establish voluntary
Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today announced a new business continuity effort to help small businesses prepare for—and respond to—the year 2000 computer
You can think of it as the Olympics of information scrambling. One of the most important competitions in the history of cryptography—and for the future support
English Version El Secretario de Comercio William M. Daley anunció hoy que ayuda gratis y un software de facíl manejo están disponibles en español para ayudar
Spanish Version Free advice and user-friendly software are now available to help Spanish-speaking small businesses better deal with the year 2000 computer
Commerce Secretary William Daley announced today that Minnesota Technology Inc. will receive a total of $358,000 in federal funding to help small manufacturers
Commerce Secretary William Daley announced today that two manufacturing extension centers in California will receive a total of more than $1.5 million in
The Cryptographic Module Validation Program run by the U.S. and Canadian governments achieved a significant milestone today as it issued the program's 50th
With everything from a self-assessment checklist to upgraded software, a new "Y2K Jumpstart Kit" developed under a Commerce Department program now is available
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
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Technology Laboratory today released software to assist industry in building more secure
The United States and 11 other nations have embarked on a pioneering effort that leverages the Internet and cyberspace collaborations to advance and harmonize
Victor R. McCrary of Clarksville, Md., has received the Equal Employment Opportunity Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. McCrary, a
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has presented the Samuel Wesley Stratton Award to William F. Egelhoff Jr. The Stratton Award, established in
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
National Y2K Action Week, Oct. 19-23, 1998 New resources, tools and references are among the features on the improved Manufacturing Extension Partnership web