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PAO provides communications support to help NIST share its research results, services, and programs; to assist policymakers in learning about NIST's role and activities; and to advise and assist NIST managers on public affairs and policy strategies.

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Why You Need Standards
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How Do You Measure It?
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Finding PFAS Wherever They’re Hiding

Learn about what NIST is doing for the Champlain Towers South Collapse in Surfside, Florida.

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Legal Metrology Meets the Digital Age

The days when a telephone was just a device to make phone calls are long gone. Nowadays, almost everybody has a smartphone with the capability to use it as a
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C-RMAP 2025: “That’s A Wrap!”

In early June, over 115 metrologists from state, county, and federal government laboratories gathered with manufacturing and industry laboratory metrologists in
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OWM Info Hours Update

OWM continues to host a series of Information Hours, or "Info Hours," to feature current weights and measures, laboratory metrology, or documentary standard

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