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MINEX Performance and Interoperability of the INCITS 378 Fingerprint Template

March 2, 2006

Author(s)

Patrick Grother, R. McCabe, Craig I. Watson, Michael D. Indovina, Wayne J. Salamon, Patricia A. Flanagan, Elham Tabassi, Elaine M. Newton, Charles L. Wilson

While the interchange of fingerprint image data provides the greatest interoperability between dissimilar fingerprint recognition systems, standards exist that...

Building and Fire Research Laboratory Activities, Accomplishments, and Recognitions.

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Kellie A. Beall, J E. Hill

The Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the nation's primary resource for measurements...

Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Ronald S. Ross, Stuart W. Katzke, L A. Johnson

FIPS 200 is the second standard that was specified by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). It is an integral part of the risk management...

Fingerprint Identification and Mobile Handheld Devices: An Overview and Implementation

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Ronan Daniellou, Nicolas Cilleros

The use of mobile handheld devices within the workplace is expanding rapidly. These devices are no longer viewed as coveted gadgets for early technology...

Building and Fire Research Laboratory Activities, Accomplishments and Recognitions, 2005

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Kellie A. Beall, J Hill

This is the biennial report for 2004-2005 for the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an...

Three Rings of Polyhedral Simple Functions

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

James F. Lawrence

We survey three ways to multiply elements of the additive subgroup of the group of real--valued functions on Rd which is generated by the indicator functions of...

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 4) - Technical Reference Guide

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software described in this document solves...

Polymers Division FY 2005 Programs and Accomplishments

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Eric J. Amis, Chad R. Snyder

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An Integrated Gaming and Simulation Architecture for Incident Management Training

March 1, 2006

Author(s)

Sanjay Jain, Charles R. McLean

The nation?s emergency responders need to work in a coordinated, well-planned manner to best mitigate the impact of an emergency incident. They need to be...

In-Flight Suppressant Deployment Temperatures

February 28, 2006

Author(s)

Donald Bein

This report describes review of DoD military fixed-wing and rotary aircraft fire mishap/incident data applicable to assess temperatures at which aircraft fire...

NIST HANDBOOK 150 2006 EDITION National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program PROCEDURES AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

February 26, 2006

Author(s)

C D. Faison, Jeffrey Horlick, Vanda R. White

The NIST Handbook 150 publication series sets forth the procedures, requirements, and guidance for the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories by...

Guide for Developing Security Plans for Information Technology Systems

February 24, 2006

Author(s)

Marianne M. Swanson, Joan Hash, Pauline Bowen

The objective of system security planning is to improve protection of information system resources. All federal systems have some level of sensitivity and...

Creating a Program to Manage Security Patches and Vulnerabilities: NIST Recommendations for Improving System Security

February 15, 2006

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin provides information for organizational security managers who are responsible for designing and implementing security patch and vulnerability...

Preliminary Face Recognition Grand Challenge Results

February 15, 2006

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, P J. Flynn, W T. Scruggs, K W. Bowyer, W Worek

The goal of the Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC) is to improve the performance of face recognition algorithms by an order of magnitude over the best...

NGP Search for New Chemicals-Environmentally Acceptable Fire Suppressants

February 11, 2006

Author(s)

J D. Mather, R E. Tapscott

Preparation of Reference Material 8504, Transformer Oil

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

Dianne L. Poster, Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise

A new reference material (RM), RM 8504, has been prepared for use as a diluent oil with Aroclors in transformer oil Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) 3075...

Evaluation of an Inexpensive Method of stabilize the Temperature of Machine Tool Components

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

Mahn-Hee Hahn, M A. Donmez, Johannes A. Soons

One of the best approaches for maintaining uniform temperature across a machine tool structure thus minimizing thermal deformations is removing the heat at the...

Computer Security Division 2005 Annual Report

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

Tanya L. Brewer, Matthew A. Scholl

This report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during the Fiscal Year 2005. It...

Biometric Data Specification for Personal Identity Verification

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

Charles L. Wilson, Patrick J. Grother, Ramaswamy Chandramouli

[Superseded by SP 800-76-1 (January 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=51101] The Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD...

MEMS Length and Strain Round Robin Results with Uncertainty Analysis

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

Janet M. Cassard, Robert I. Scace, Winthrop A. Baylies

A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) Length and Strain Round Robin Experiment was completed in January 2005 to compare results of in-plane length...

Proceedings of Workshop on Software Security Assurance Tools, Techniques, and Metrics

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Michael J. Kass, Elizabeth N. Fong

This is the proceedings of a workshop held on November 7 and 8, 2005 in Long Beach, California, USA, hosted by the Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing...

On the Absorption Spectrum of Noble Gases at the Arc Spectrum Limit

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

Ugo Fano, G Pupillo, A Zannoni, Charles W. Clark

Rydberg spectral lines of an atom are sometimes superimposed on the continuous spectrum of a different configuration. Effects of interaction among different...

NIST Technical Publication

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

James R. Ehrstein, M C. Croarck, H Liu

This report documents the selection of material, the certification procedure and its control, and the analysis of measurement uncertainty for a family of...

Implementation of Simulation Program for Modeling the Effective Resistivity of Nanometer Scale Film and Line Interconnects

February 1, 2006

Author(s)

Emre Yarimbiyik, Harry A. Schafft, Richard A. Allen, Mona Zahgoul, David L. Blackburn

A highly versatile simulation program was developed and used to examine how the resistivity of thin metal films and lines is increased as their dimensions...

Technical and Economic Assessment of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

January 31, 2006

Author(s)

Gregory C. Tassey, Douglas C. Montgomery, Alfred Lee, Tim Sloan

The Presidents National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (National Strategy) directed the Secretary of Commerce to form a task force to examine the most recent...

FS-TST 2.0: Forensic Software Testing Support Tools Part C Code Review Report

January 31, 2006

Author(s)

Paul E. Black

This NIST Internal Report deals with Release 2.0 of a software package, Forensic Software Testing Support Tools (FS-TST 2.0), developed to aid the testing of...

Summary of April 2005 ANSI/NIST Fingerprint Standard Update Workshop

January 30, 2006

Author(s)

R. McCabe, Michael D. Garris

This workshop was convened to chart the future of the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2000 fingerprint data exchange standard. This report is intended to provide a summary of...

Testing and Validation of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Components and Subsystems for Conformance to Federal Information Processing Standard 201

January 25, 2006

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin provides information about testing and validation of personal identity verification (PIV) components and subsystems for conformance to Federal...

Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally Assisted Organizations (NIST SP 800-87 v1.0, Jan. 2006 edition)

January 11, 2006

Author(s)

William C. Barker, Hildegard Ferraiolo

[Superseded by SP 800-87 v1.0 (March 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=51132] The Homeland Security Presidential Directive...

Recommended Objective Test Procedures for Road Departure Crash Warning Systems

January 6, 2006

Author(s)

Sandor S. Szabo, Richard J. Norcross

Under the auspices of the Department of Transportation Intelligent Vehicle Initiative, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) is...

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