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NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Clock

December 29, 1999

There's nothing like the joy of receiving a precision timepiece as a holiday gift. Thanks to the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...

Eleven Local Residents Receive High Honors from Commerce Department

December 7, 1999

Commerce Secretary William Daley today presented 11 local employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology with Gold and Silver Medal Awards— the...

New Values for Natural Constants Available on NIST Web Site

December 6, 1999

New values for the fundamental constants of nature are now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce...

International Measurement Database Goes Online

December 2, 1999

Measurement-related questions and disputes, including those that can hinder global commerce, soon may be resolved with a click of a computer mouse thanks to a...

Uriano Award Presented to Three Local Residents

December 1, 1999

Three National Institute of Standards and Technology employees have received the George A. Uriano Award for outstanding achievements in building or...

Laytonsville Man Honored for Distinguished Science Writing

December 1, 1999

John R.D. Copley, today received the Edward Uhler Condon Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Copley is a physicist in the NIST...

35 Local Residents Earn NIST Bronze Medal Awards

December 1, 1999

For contributions ranging from creating an international database of measurement comparisons to developing a training program on lean manufacturing, 35...

Local Residents Honored with NIST Crittenden Award

December 1, 1999

Six local employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology were honored today with the Eugene Casson Crittenden Award. The award, established in...

Two NIST Scientists Honored for Education Efforts

December 1, 1999

Marc F. Desrosiers, and Paul D. Lett, today received the Equal Employment Opportunity/Diversity Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

NIST-MEP Help Center Will Offer Around-the-Clock Y2K Help to Small Businesses

December 1, 1999

The Y2K Help Center for Small Business will be open 24 hours a day starting on Dec. 30, 1999, through Jan. 7, 2000, to offer free Y2K assistance to small...

Dixson and Fu Receive NIST Applied Research Award

December 1, 1999

Ronald G. Dixson, and Joseph N. Fu, today received the Applied Research Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dixson, a physicist, and...

Team from Two Labs Receives NIST Astin Measurement Science Award

December 1, 1999

A team of researchers from two laboratories at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has received the 1999 Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award...

Advanced Technology Program Announces 2000 Competition

November 29, 1999

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced a new competition for fiscal year 2000 to co-fund new, innovative R&D...

Two Manufacturers, Two Service Companies Win 1999 Baldrige Awards

November 23, 1999

President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today announced two manufacturers and two service companies as winners of the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige...

President Clinton Announces 1999 Baldrige Award Winners

November 23, 1999

THE WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT Office of the Press Secretary The President today announced the 1999 winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Four...

Secretary Daley Urges Vigilance on Y2K Problem

November 22, 1999

Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley today urged American businesses to redouble their efforts to test for year 2000 computer problems that are hidden away in...

New Web Site Puts Atomic Time on Your Computer

October 14, 1999

The official U.S. time in any U.S. time zone now can be obtained from the new Internet web site, www.time.gov, maintained by the Boulder Laboratories of the...

Global Accord To Strengthen Measurement Links Across Borders

October 14, 1999

Representatives of the United States and 37 other nations agreed today to launch a system for assessing the accuracy and reliability of measurements made...

NIST Transfers Management of the CMRL after 70 Years

October 13, 1999

Under a recently signed Memorandum of Agreement, the general management of the two Construction Materials Reference Laboratories (known as CMRL) housed in NIST...

United States and European Union Go 'Measure-for-Measure' for Free Trade

October 5, 1999

Brussels, Belgium—The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, and the Commission of...

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Lauds Electronic Book Industry

September 21, 1999

Gaithersburg, Md.—Deputy Secretary of Commerce Robert L. Mallett today congratulated a diverse group of companies for working together to establish voluntary...

New Y2K Business Continuity Program Helps Small Businesses with Last-Minute Planning, Response to System Failures

September 17, 1999

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...

Physicists Catch Best Waves Ever from New, Improved SURF III at NIST

September 16, 1999

Upgrades to the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology are yielding greatly...

NIST/CU Scientists First to Observe New Quantum Gas

September 9, 1999

Researchers at JILA, a joint research institute of the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado at...

One Electron, Two Electrons...

September 9, 1999

Researchers at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology will announce in tomorrow’s issue of Science magazine that they have...

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