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Silver Medal Awarded to Developers of Bran

September 13, 2000

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

New National Standards Strategy Can Advance U.S. Technology Interests, NIST Director Tells Congress

September 13, 2000

Pointing to prospective benefits for U.S. industry and consumers, the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology told a congressional

NIST-Built Urban Ruin Put Search-and-Rescue Robots to the Test

July 27, 2000

For the sake of science, robotics researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology

NIST Fire Research Seeks a Safer Night's Sleep for All

July 17, 2000

Engineers at the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's

NIST, NACLA Sign Agreement, Aim for Smoother, Simpler Laboratory Accreditation System

July 13, 2000

TORONTO—A milestone in the development of a national system for laboratory accreditation was reached today with the signing of a memorandum of understanding

New Commerce Department Magnetic Microscope Helps Retrieve Information From Damaged or Altered Tapes

July 13, 2000

Audio cassettes, video tapes, credit cards and computer disks all store valuable information using very small magnetic tracks. Sometimes, these tracks are

Industry-Government Partnership Funds New Energy-Saving and Building Technologies

June 23, 2000

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Commerce today announced grants totaling nearly $1.1 million for six industry projects

NIST Awards $500,000 Grant to ANSI to Strengthen U.S. Participation in International Standardization

June 16, 2000

New York and Washington, D.C., June 16, 2000: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S. voluntary consensus standards system

NIST Advanced Measurement Laboratory

June 9, 2000

Ground Broken for World's Premier Measurement Research Facility (News Release) Advanced Measurement Laboratory brochure Advanced Measurement Laboratory Web site

Private Certification Bodies Get Okay To Approve Some FCC-Regulated Products

June 2, 2000

Certifying new telecommunications equipment as compliant with federal and foreign requirements to prevent radio-wave interference should be cheaper and faster

NIST Seeks Diverse Team for Constructing State-of-the-Art Laboratory

May 31, 2000

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, is soliciting proposals for the services

Proposed Agreement Aims to Simplify Lab Accreditation

May 23, 2000

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, and the National Cooperation for

United States and Republic of Korea Sign Standards Agreement to Enhance Trade and Commerce

May 9, 2000

Secretary William M. Daley and Republic of Korea Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Kim Young-ho today signed an agreement that will establish a new

NIST's Cornell Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 2, 2000

Eric A. Cornell, a physicist at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been elected a member of the National Academy of

New High-Speed Fiber Optic Network Connects Federal Labs, University and City

May 2, 2000

Benefits of Bran A new, high-speed fiber-optic network capable of sending the equivalent of scores of encyclopedia sets per second is up and running in Boulder

NIST/Lucent Team Develops Method for Ultraprecise

April 27, 2000

Researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and Bell Laboratories of Lucent Technologies have teamed to produce a

Commerce Senior Manager Alan Balutis To Head Advanced Technology Program

April 18, 2000

The Commerce Department has named Alan P. Balutis, a 21-year veteran with the department, to be director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's

Help for Small Manufacturers in Making Plants

March 23, 2000

Smaller manufacturers now will have access to "lean manufacturing" training previously available only to large companies, thanks to a recently formed

Environment and Taxpayers Are Big Winners in Economic Impact of NIST Sulfur Standards

March 9, 2000

An investment that paid off 100-fold would make anyone glad. U.S. taxpayers can feel better than that about an even higher return on their investment in

'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P 500 by Almost 5 to 1

February 25, 2000

Although you will not find it listed in the financial section of the newspaper, the "Baldrige Index" has once again outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500-this

President Clinton Today Presents 1999 Baldrige Quality Award to Two Manufacturers, Two Service Companies