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Special Publication (NIST SP)

NIST Research Data Framework (RDaF): Version 1.5

Author(s)
Robert Hanisch, Debra L. Kaiser, Alda Yuan, Andrea Medina-Smith, Bonnie C Carroll, Eva Campo
The NIST Research Data Framework (RDaF) is a multifaceted and customizable tool that aims to help shape the future of open data access and research data...

Guidance on Contactless Friction Ridge Image Compression, v1.0

Author(s)
John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi, Kenneth Ko, Bruce Bandini, John Grantham, Craig I. Watson
Nascent technologies show promise in collecting 500 ppi fingerprints in a contactless fashion while yielding various improvements in the collection process over...

ITS10 Conference Digest

Author(s)
Christopher W. Meyer, Kathryn Miller, Weston L. Tew, Howard W. Yoon
The 10th International Temperature Symposium (ITS10) was held in Anaheim California on April 3rd to 7th, 2023. More than 180 abstracts were received and...

Workshop on Incorporating Climate Change Data in U.S. Building Codes and Standards

Author(s)
Jason D. Averill, Therese P. McAllister, Andrew K. Persily, Scott Weaver, James Whetstone, Jiann C. Yang, Michael Kuperberg, Sumant Nigam, Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas
NIST hosted a workshop to advance the availability of climate information sought by organizations developing standards, model building codes, and voluntary...

Preparation and Standardization of 229Th SRM 4328d

Author(s)
Ronald Colle, Lizbeth Laureano-Perez, Morgan DiGiorgio
The certified massic activity for 229Th in SRM 4328d was obtained by 4παβ liquid scintillation (LS) counting by comparative measurements in 2022 against SRM...

NIST Metric Recipes

Author(s)
Elizabeth Benham, Tanna Nguyen
Cooking and baking using a kitchen scale is a fun way to build metric system abilities and apply measurement techniques. This recipe series is ideal for both...

Characterization of Reference Materials 8690 to 8693

Author(s)
Jessica Reiner, Benjamin Place, N. Alan Heckert, Katherine Peter, Alix Rodowa
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reference Materials (RMs) 8690 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming...

Voices of First Responders: Communication Center & 9-1-1 Services

Author(s)
Shanee Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Kerrianne Buchanan, Sandra Spickard-Prettyman
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program's Usability Team was to provide...

Voices of First Responders: Law Enforcement

Author(s)
Shanee Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Kerrianne Buchanan, Sandra Spickard-Prettyman
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program's Usability Team was to provide...

Voices of First Responders: Fire Service

Author(s)
Shanee Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Kerrianne Buchanan, Sandra Spickard-Prettyman
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program's Usability Team was to provide...

Voices of First Responders: Emergency Medical Services

Author(s)
Shanee Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Kerrianne Buchanan, Sandra Spickard-Prettyman
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program's Usability Team was to provide...

Ballot Definition Common Data Format Specification

Author(s)
Benjamin Long, John Dziurłaj
This publication describes a ballot definition common data format for the interchange of logical and physical ballot style information. It contains a UML...

Micro Common Data Format Specification

Author(s)
Benjamin Long, John Dziurłaj
This specification describes a data format for space-constrained environments, such as the placement of machine readable data on paper. The specification is...

Supply Chain Assurance: Validating the Integrity of Computing Devices

Author(s)
Nakia R. Grayson, Murugiah Souppaya, Andrew Regenscheid, Tim Polk, Christopher Brown, Karen Scarfone, Chelsea Deane
Product integrity and the ability to distinguish trustworthy products is a critical foundation of C-SCRM. Authoritative information regarding the provenance and...

Guide to a Secure Enterprise Network Landscape

Author(s)
Ramaswamy Chandramouli
Access to multiple cloud services, the geographic spread of enterprise Information Technology (IT) resources (including multiple data centers), and the...

Engineering Trustworthy Secure Systems

Author(s)
Ronald S. Ross, Mark Winstead, Michael McEvilley
This publication describes a basis for establishing principles, concepts, activities, and tasks for engineering trustworthy secure systems. Such principles...

2022 NCWM-NIST National Survey on 20 lb LPG (Propane) Cylinders

Author(s)
David Sefcik, Katrice Lippa, N. Alan Heckert, Stephen Benjamin, Ivan Hankins, Don Onwiler
The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) in partnership and cooperation with the NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) and the Weights and...
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