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Upgraded Web Site Helps Small Manufacturers Keep the Millennium Bug At Bay

October 21, 1998

National Y2K Action Week, Oct. 19-23, 1998 New resources, tools and references are among the features on the improved Manufacturing Extension Partnership web...

U.S. Commerce and Agriculture Departments Working To Help Small Manufacturers Address Y2K

October 19, 1998

National Y2K Action Week, Oct. 19-23, 1998 Efforts to help small manufacturers in rural America find and assess problems caused by the year 2000 computer...

NIST Announces Candidates For New Data Scrambling Standard

August 20, 1998

Candidates for a new information scrambling code for the 21st century made their debut at an international cryptography conference today. The Commerce...

NIST Tool Will Help Small Manufacturers Exterminate 'Millennium Bug'

August 12, 1998

The Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s nationwide network of centers is offering a computer-based tool to help smaller manufacturers find and assess problems...

Daley Says NIST to Help Small Manufacturers Avoid 'Millennium Bug'

May 11, 1998

The Manufacturing Extension Partnership and its nationwide network of centers are stepping up efforts to help smaller manufacturers avoid being bitten by the...

NIST Renews Award To South Carolina Research Authority For Advanced Healthcare Information Technology

November 3, 1997

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that it will renew a multiyear research award under the Advanced...

New Partnership to Enhance Quality of Information Security

August 22, 1997

In a move to assist U.S. information security technology producers in achieving international competitiveness, the Commerce Department's National Institute of...

NIST to Consider Revised Digital Signature Standard for Federal Agencies

May 13, 1997

In a move intended to broaden the choices federal agencies have when securing information, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...

Commerce's NIST to Host Year 2000 Symposium

March 20, 1997

To highlight the urgency of fixing a potentially disastrous problem in many of the nation's computer systems, the Commerce Department's National Institute of...

NIST Begins Process to Develop Advanced Encryption Standard

January 2, 1997

The National Institute of Standards and Technology today launched a participatory process with American industry to develop an Advanced Encryption Standard. The...

New Laboratory To Boost Computer, Network Use With Tests For Information Technology

December 9, 1996

U.S. industries and companies that produce information technology as well as those who count on it for reliable health care, efficiency in small businesses...

New Service to Better Protect Federal Government Computers from Attack

October 22, 1996

Civilian federal government agencies now have quicker access to expertise and support services they need to protect their electronic information from security...

NIST, Industry Partners to Develop Specifications for Public Key Infrastructure

July 9, 1996

In an effort to support U.S. industry in a global information marketplace, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology is joining...

Commerce's NIST Announces Process for Dialogue on Key Escrow Issues

August 17, 1995

Furthering the Administration's commitment to defining a workable key escrow encryption strategy that would satisfy government and be acceptable to business and...

New Home Page Tells All About National Information Infrastructure

May 18, 1995

In an effort to help Americans better understand benefits of the emerging National Information Infrastructure (NII), the Clinton Administration's Information...

NIST Addresses Practical, Legal Issues To Boost Digital Signature Use

October 11, 1994

As a vital next step in reinventing the government's use of information technology, the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Brown Releases Report Exploring How Information Infrastructure Enhances Quality Of Life

September 7, 1994

Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown today released a report that discusses the vast potential impact and improvement information technology can have on the...

Demonstrations At National Information Infrastructure Conference Will Show "The Future Is Now," Commerce Secretary Brown Says

July 20, 1994

A "smart car" that can help ease traffic congestion and a crime information system that eventually will allow image transmission of fingerprints, mug shots and...

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