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Katherine E. Sharpless, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer
Since 1984, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has coordinated what is now known as the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie E. May
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie E. May, Neal E. Craft
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure
Once a law has been enacted by Congress, the appropriate federal agency (e.g., the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the
This report documents the results of a series of comparative analyses which were conducted at on the Charpy machines located at NIST in Boulder, Colorado. The
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure
The Association of Public-Safety Communications (APCO), in cooperation with FirstNet and the Department of Commerce held a half-day workshop on June 2, 2015
John L. Michaloski, Thomas D. Hedberg, Hui-Min Huang, Thomas R. Kramer
The goal of this paper is to understand how quality information characterizing the manufactured parts can be reported in a XML standardized format. The Quality
Anthony P. Hamins, Thomas G. Cleary, Matthew F. Bundy
Elimination of particulate from fire exhaust streams is a common issue for fire labs. Two series of fire experiments were conducted in the National Fire
This report summarizes recent technical work of the Applied and Computational Sciences Division of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National
Lidong Chen, Stephen P. Jordan, Yi-Kai Liu, Dustin Moody, Rene C. Peralta, Ray A. Perlner, Daniel C. Smith-Tone
In recent years, there has been a substantial amount of research on quantum computers - machines that exploit quantum mechanical phenomena to solve mathematical
This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer, a software tool that analyzes and generates a spreadsheet from a STEP (STandard for the Exchange of
This guide describes how to use Baseline Tailor, a software tool for navigating the United States Government's Cybersecurity Framework and for tailoring the
Kristen K. Greene, John M. Kelsey, Joshua M. Franklin
Password entry on mobile devices significantly impacts both usability and security, but there is a lack of usable security research in this area, specifically
David A. Waltermire, Brant Cheikes, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte
This report provides an overview of the capabilities and usage of software identification (SWID) tags as part of a comprehensive software lifecycle. As
This guide addresses apparel, including childrens apparel, and household textiles. It does not include other textiles, such as sleeping bags, tents, sporting
Jacolin A. Murray, Lane C. Sander, Stephen A. Wise, Christopher M. Reddy
Following an open meeting entitled, Hydrocarbon Chemistry QA/QC, at the 2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference in Mobile, Alabama, the
Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Yan Lu, Yunsu Lee, Jaehun Lee, Albert W. Jones, Simon P. Frechette
This report summarizes the results from the OAGi/NIST Workshop on Open Cloud Architecture for Smart Manufacturing, which was held at the National Institute of
This document describes the principles, processes and procedures that drive cryptographic standards and guidelines development efforts at the National Institute
Static analyzers examine the source or executable code of programs to find problems. Many static analyzers use some heuristics or approximations to handle
Katerina N. Megas, Philip Lam, Ellen M. Nadeau, Colin Soutar
Pilots are an integral part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), issued by the White House in 2011 to encourage enhanced
Hui-Min Huang, John L. Michaloski, Daniel Campbell, Robert Stone, Thomas Kramer, Curtis Brown, Robert Brown, Gavrai Tatarliev, William Sobel, Lyle Fischer
The "Silos of Quality" in manufacturing can be described as the proliferation of customized quality languages for different stages of production. This quality