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Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality

March 5, 2024
Author(s)
John McGuire, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Yvonne Branden, Katrice Lippa
NIST Handbook 130 includes a compilation of model laws and regulations and related interpretations and guidelines designed to encourage uniformity in adoption and implementation of weights and measures laws and regulations. The model laws and regulations

Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality

December 18, 2023
Author(s)
Lisa Warfield, John McGuire, Katrice Lippa
NIST Handbook 130 includes a compilation of model laws and regulations and related interpretations and guidelines designed to encourage uniformity in adoption and implementation of weights and measures laws and regulations. The model laws and regulations

NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) Recognition Program Handbook, 7th Edition

December 11, 2023
Author(s)
Micheal Hicks, Georgia L. Harris, Katrice Lippa, Isabel Chavez Baucom, Elizabeth Koncki
Handbook 143 provides the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) performance standards and formalized procedures for the voluntary recognition of State legal metrology laboratories. This 2023 edition

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices as adopted by the 108th National Conference on Weights and Measures

November 15, 2023
Author(s)
Lisa Warfield, Jan Konijnenburg, Katrice Lippa, Gloria Diane Lee, Loren Minnich, Juana Williams
NIST Handbook 44 is adopted by many state, local, and some federal weights and measures authorities to apply to commercial weighing and measuring equipment and associated equipment and for use in applications for law enforcement and the collection of

Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods

February 13, 2023
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 goods is the determination of the conformance results of packaging, distribution, and sale of

Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality

February 13, 2023
Author(s)
Tina G. Butcher, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Shelby Bowers, Katrice Lippa
NIST Handbook 130 includes a compilation of model laws and regulations and related interpretations and guidelines designed to encourage uniformity in adoption and implementation of weights and measures laws and regulations. The model laws and regulations

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices

January 30, 2023
Author(s)
Tina G. Butcher, Richard A. Harshman, Jan Konijnenburg, Gloria Diane Lee, Juana Williams, Lisa Warfield, Shelby Bowers, Katrice Lippa, Elizabeth Benham
NIST Handbook 44 includes specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices. These requirements are intended to encourage the design, installation, testing, and use of weighing and measuring devices that

NVLAP Law Enforcement and Corrections Equipment

December 15, 2021
Author(s)
Timothy Rasinski, Jeffrey Horlick
NIST Handbook 150-24, NVLAP Law Enforcement and Corrections Equipment, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories that test law enforcement and corrections equipment.

NVLAP Health Information Technology Testing

November 30, 2021
Author(s)
Bradley Moore, Asara Clark
NIST Handbook 150-31 presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Healthcare Information Technology program. It is intended for information and

NVLAP Federal Warfare System(s)

July 21, 2021
Author(s)
Bradley Moore, John Matyjas, Raymond Tierney, Jesse Angle, Jeannine Abiva, Jeff Hanes, David Dobosh, John Avera
NIST Handbook 150-872 presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Federal Warfare System(s) (FWS) program. It is intended for information and

NVLAP Energy Efficient Lighting Products

July 6, 2021
Author(s)
Timothy Rasinski, C Cameron Miller
NIST Handbook 150-1, NVLAP Energy Efficient Lighting Products, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Energy Efficient Lighting Products LAP.

NVLAP Cryptographic and Security Testing

June 30, 2021
Author(s)
Bradley Moore, Beverly Trapnell, James F. Fox, Carolyn French
NIST Handbook 150-17 presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Cryptographic and Security Testing (CST) program. It is intended for
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