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NIST Pubs

Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods

Author(s)
Tina G. Butcher, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Elizabeth Benham, Shelby Bowers, Katrice Lippa
This handbook has been prepared as a procedural guide for the compliance testing of net content statements on packaged goods. Compliance testing of packaged

Generator Fleet Characteristics Model

Author(s)
Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein
This manuscript presents the Generator Fleet Characteristics Model (GFCM), a general purpose tool for the analysis of power system operations, economics, and

Digital Signature Standard (DSS)

Author(s)
Lily Chen, Dustin Moody, Andrew Regenscheid, Angela Robinson
This standard specifies a suite of algorithms that can be used to generate a digital signature. Digital signatures are used to detect unauthorized modifications

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

Low-GWP Non-Flammable Alternative Refrigerant Blends for HFC-134a: Final Report

Author(s)
Piotr A. Domanski, Mark O. McLinden, Valeri I. Babushok, Ian Bell, Tara Fortin, Michael Hegetschweiler, Marcia L. Huber, Mark A. Kedzierski, Dennis Kim, Lingnan Lin, Gregory T. Linteris, Stephanie L. Outcalt, Vance (Wm.) Payne, Richard A. Perkins, Aaron Rowane, Harrison M. Skye
This project addresses the objectives of the Statement of Need number WPSON-17-20 "No/Low Global Warming Potential Alternatives to Ozone Depleting Refrigerants

Administering Accessible Vote by Mail Systems

Author(s)
Lynn Baumeister, Whitney Quesenbery, Sharon J. Laskowski
Accessible vote by mail (AVBM) provides options for voters with disabilities to complete their absentee or vote by mail ballots independently and privately

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

What does the pixel measure?

Author(s)
David W. Flater
The pixel is often used as a unit of measurement in information technology. Unfortunately, there is not a simple, consistently-applicable answer to what it is a

On Migrating ISO 10303 PMI Models to a Common Core

Author(s)
Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas Thurman
Industrial users of ISO 10303 STandard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP) protocols needed the ability to exchange design product data that is in