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NIST Pubs

Specification for Asset Identification 1.1

Author(s)
David A. Waltermire, John Wunder, Adam Halbardier
Asset identification plays an important role in an organization‟s ability to quickly correlate different sets of information about assets. This specification

Report of the 95th National Conference on Weights and Measures

Author(s)
Linda D. Crown, Tina G. Butcher, Steven E. Cook, Lisa Warfield, David A. Sefcik
The 95th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 11 to 15, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront, St

Electromagnetic Metrology on Concrete and Corrosion

Author(s)
Sung Kim, Jack T. Surek, James R. Baker-Jarvis
To go beyond current electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods for reinforcing bar (rebar) corrosion we are exploring unique magnetic or electric

Computer Security Division 2010 Annual Report

Author(s)
Patrick D. O'Reilly
This annual report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during Fiscal Year 2010. It

Templated CDA:Key Concept for Interoperability

Author(s)
Liora Alschuler
This document supplements information about “templated CDA” in the context of the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) Standards Analysis Project carried out

Robust Iris Recognition Baseline for the Grand Challenge

Author(s)
Yooyoung Lee, Ross J. Micheals, James J. Filliben, P J. Phillips
Due to its distinctiveness, the human iris is a popular biometric feature used to identity a person with high accuracy. The “Grand Challenge” in iris

MSEL Sustainability Seminar Series (2009)

Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Kathryn L. Beers, Richard E. Ricker, Martin L. Green
An MSEL Sustainability Seminar Series took place in 2009, aimed at the following goals: (1) to introduce this important subject matter to our staff and (2) to

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE DATA SUMMIT

Author(s)
Jason D. Averill, Lori Moore-Merrell, Kathy Notarianni, Robert Santos, Doug Wissoker
Effectively managing a fire department requires an understanding of and an ability to demonstrate how changes to resources will affect community outcomes. It is

BIOS Protection Guidelines

Author(s)
David Cooper, William Polk, Andrew Regenscheid, Murugiah Souppaya
This document provides guidelines for preventing the unauthorized modification of Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware on PC client systems. Unauthorized
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