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NIST Pubs

Computer Security Division 2013 Annual Report

Author(s)
Patrick D. O'Reilly, Gregory A. Witte, Chris Johnson, Doug Rike
Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, requires NIST to prepare an annual public

BIOS Protection Guidelines for Servers

Author(s)
Andrew R. Regenscheid
Modern computers rely on fundamental system firmware, commonly known as the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), to facilitate the hardware initialization process

July is National Ice Cream Month

Author(s)
Elizabeth J. Benham
A short article about ice cream and frozen novelties to appear in the Office of Weights and Measures newsletter, "Weights and Measures Connection." This

A review of NIST primary activity standards for 18F: 1982 to 2013

Author(s)
Denis E. Bergeron, Jeffrey T. Cessna, Bert M. Coursey, Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Brian E. Zimmerman
The new NIST activity standardization for 18F differs from results obtained between 1998 and 2008 by 4 %. The new results are considered to be very reliable

Smart Firefighting Workshop Summary Report

Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Nelson P. Bryner, Albert W. Jones, Galen H. Koepke, casey grant, Anand Raghunathan
This report summarizes the results of the Smart Firefighting Workshop held March 24 and 25, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia and sponsored by the National Institute

Post-Irradiation Study of the Alanine Dosimeter

Author(s)
Marc F. Desrosiers
Post-irradiation stability of high-dose dosimeters has traditionally been an important measurement influence quantity. Though the exceptional stability of the
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