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Technical Data Package Standards Development Summit

Tue, Apr 19 - Thu, Apr 21 2011

Provide updates on recent developments in supply chain integration, develop requirements for technical data package

Is Your Organization Strategic When Considering Supplier Relationships?

February 2011 The roles of suppliers and supply-chain decisions have received increased attention in the 2011–2012 Criteria for Performance...

Security Automation Developer Days – Spring 2011

Tue, Mar 22 - Fri, Mar 25 2011

The Security Automation Developer Days Conference consists of a series of interactive discussions focusing on advancing

'A Little Off the Top' Helps NIST Map Cells with Submicrometer Resolution

March 1, 2011

To determine if a tissue biopsy reveals the presence of cancer, a histologist often screens for cells with an abnormal appearance or a specific visible trait

Using Artificial, Cell-Like 'Honey Pots' To Entrap Deadly Viruses

March 1, 2011

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Weill Cornell Medical College have designed artificial "protocells" that can

NIST Expert Software 'Lowers the Stress' on Materials Problems

March 1, 2011

Before you can build that improved turbojet engine, before you can create that longer-lasting battery, you have to ensure all the newfangled materials in it

The Buzz on BEES: New Web App Simplifies Use of NIST's Economically Green Building Products Tool

March 1, 2011

A powerful scientific tool for selecting cost-effective and environmentally preferable building products is now available as a free, web-based application

Energy Usage Data Standard for U.S. Smart Grid Passes Key Advisory Panel Vote

March 1, 2011

The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard important for two-way data

NIST Seeks Comments on Security Control Catalog for Federal Information Systems and Organizations

March 1, 2011

Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are requesting comments from interested parties on their biennial update of the

NIST, Food Marketing Institute Co-Host Webinar on Ensuring Accurate Net Weights in Retail

March 1, 2011

A reliable and trustworthy system of weights and measures is vital for economic activity. Maintaining that system requires constant vigilance, and that's where

New Publication Fundamentally Changes Federal Information Security Risk Management

March 1, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of a special publication that can help organizations to more

Manufacturing Innovations 2011: Seizing Tomorrow's Opportunities Today

March 1, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) will host Manufacturing Innovations 2011 from May

Continuous Monitoring Workshop

Mon, Mar 21 2011

The purpose of the Continuous Monitoring Architecture Workshop is to discuss a proposed technical architecture that may

Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security

Wed, Jun 6 - Thu, Jun 7 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office

Big Data, New Physics and Geospatial Super-Food

Fri, Mar 11 2011

As large collections of data come together, some very exciting and somewhat unexpected things happen. As data grow, the

CNST Research Elucidates the Effect of Disorder on Magnetic Vortex Gyration

February 28, 2011

Much of the world's information is stored in memories consisting of magnetic domains, and researchers continue to develop new domain arrangements to enable

2010 Presidential Rank Awards for Senior or Professionals and Executives - Steve Stein

Dr. Stein received the Presidential Rank Award for lifetime contributions in establishing the NIST reference data collections as the premier

A photo of fuzzy household cleaners as they're seen through the vision system used in the Perception Challenge

NIST and Willow Garage Launch First Robot 'Perception Challenge'

February 25, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is teaming up with Willow Garage, a Silicon Valley robotics research and design firm, to launch an

Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop III

Thu, Apr 7 - Fri, Apr 8 2011

The purpose of this event, Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop III, is to elaborate on the progress of the NIST U.S

Documentary Standards: Test and Evaluation Protocols for ANSI/IEEE N42 Standards

The purpose of these test and evaluation protocols is to provide additional information to the published ANSI/IEEE N42 series for homeland security applications

NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers Accepting Applications

February 23, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting nominations of middle school science teachers from eligible U.S. public school districts

Smart Grid Panel Agrees on Data-Exchange Standards for Electricity Usage

February 17, 2011

Washington, DC – The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard important for two-way

Announcing BEES Online

February 16, 2011

BEES is now available online at http://www.nist.gov/el/economics/BEESSoftware.cfm ! BEES Online is a next-generation application of the popular BEES (Building

President Proposes $1 Billion Budget for NIST in FY 2012

February 15, 2011

President Barack Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget proposal announced on Feb. 14, 2011, proposes a funding level of $1.001 billion for the National Institute

The NIST Role in Role-Based Control: A 20th Anniversary Appraisal

February 15, 2011

What NIST-led innovation is estimated to have saved U.S. industry $6.1 billion over the past 20 years? Well, probably several, but, perhaps surprisingly, a new

Information Retrieval Research Conference Adds Tracks on Health Records, Crowd-sourcing and Micro-blogging

February 15, 2011

If you found this article through a search engine, you can thank an automated text retrieval system. For 20 years, the Text REtrieval Conference (TREC)

April Workshop To Focus on Preserving Digital Health Records

February 15, 2011

Information technology experts, insurers, policy makers and representatives of healthcare organizations will convene on April 5-6, 2011, in Bethesda, Md., to

Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity Is Topic of March IT Security Trainers' Conference

February 15, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association (FISSEA) are co-hosting FISSEA's

Basic Metrology: Alpha-Gamma Counting for High Accuracy Neutron Fluence Measurement

The Alpha-Gamma device is a totally-absorbing neutron detector that has been used to measure the absolute neutron fluence of a cold, monoenergetic neutron beam

Basic Metrology: Advancing Triple-to-Double Coincidence Ratio Liquid Scintillation Counting

The triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) method of liquid scintillation (LS) counting employs three detectors to determine experimental counting