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The purpose of this report is to identify and illustrate an approach to simplify and strengthen capital planning for information system security in compliance
William F. Young, Ari D. Feldman, Sheryl M. Genco, Azizollah Kord, Daniel G. Kuester, John M. Ladbury, Duncan A. McGillivray, Audrey K. Puls, Andre R. Rosete, Adam J. Wunderlich, Wen-Bin Yang
This report describes the test methodology from LTE impacts on GPS: Test and Metrology Plan developed by National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test
The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST
Charles Daniel De Oliveira, Elizabeth N. Fong, Paul E. Black
The Software Assurance Metrics and Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) team evaluated approximately 800 000 warnings from static analyzers.We learned that elements that we
A. Koutian, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins
New, wide-range reference equations for the thermal conductivity of cyclohexane as a function of temperature and density are presented. The equations are based
The NIST Technical Investigation of the 2011 Joplin, MO tornado identified that no widely accepted standards exist for emergency communications in tornado
Sarala Padi, Spencer J. Breiner, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Ram D. Sriram
The goal of this paper is to provide a category theoretic ontology for the creation of a collaborative platform where it allows group of people to share or use
Richard Candell, Catherine A. Remley, Jeanne T. Quimby, David R. Novotny, Alexandra Curtin, Peter B. Papazian, Galen H. Koepke, Joseph Diener, Mohamed T. Hany
Radio frequency (RF) propagation measurements were conducted at three facilities representing a cross-section of different classes of industrial environments
PSCR hosted over 80 stakeholders from industry, academia, public safety, and government to the NIST Boulder campus in August 2016. The August summit was a
The Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2012 mandated the creation of the Nation's first nationwide, high-speed communications network dedicated for public safety
Craig G. Weinschenk, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Keith Stakes, Joseph M. Willi
Experiments were conducted to investigate the capabilities and limitations of compressed air foam (CAF) relative to water when used for interior structural fire
YaShian Li-Baboud, Cuong T. Nguyen, Marc A. Weiss, Dhananjay Anand, Allen R. Goldstein, Jason Allnutt, Bob Noseworthy, Ravi Subramaniam
Correct time and timing is one of the foundational elements in enabling the communication and orchestration of technologies for accurate and optimal wide area
John S. Garofolo, Simson L. Garfinkel, Reva B. Schwartz
The first Video Analytics in Public Safety (VAPS) Workshop was held on Monday, June 6, 2016, in San Diego, CA as a satellite workshop of the Public Safety
Svetlana Z. Lowry, Mala Ramaiah, Sandra S. Prettyman, Debora Simmons, David Brick, Ellen Deutsch, Lorraine B. Possanza, Ollie B. Gray, Betty A. Levine, Kinsey Gimbel, Kyle Andrews
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in collaboration with ECRI conducted a study titled Examining the Copy and Paste Function in the Use
This bulletin summarized the information presented in NISTIR 8151: Dramatically Reducing Software Vulnerabilities: Report to the White House Office of Science
William M. Healy, Arthur H. Fanney, Brian P. Dougherty, Lisa C. Ng, William V. Payne, Tania Ullah, Farhad Omar
Data were collected over two separate year-long test periods at the Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility, a laboratory that is designed to evaluate a
The National Institute of Standards and Technologys (NIST) mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness. To meet this mission, NIST
John(Jack) R. Hayes Jr., Steven McCabe, Michael Mahoney
Executive Order 13717 signed by President Obama on 2-2-2016 required NIST to draft Implementation Guidelines for Federal agencies to implement the requirements
Chromatography is an example of a process by which a mixture is separated into at least two fractions with different compositions. Other separation methods
The determination of mass is a fundamental component in quantitative analysis, and weighing accuracy is an important factor for most applications. This