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Fire Safety in Health Care Facilities Is Now Cause for 'Alarm'

April 13, 1995

Helping fire safety officers and building managers at health care facilities achieve cost-effective compliance with a widely accepted fire safety code is the

Consortium to Evaluate Performance of Tape-Bonded Seams for Sealing EPDM Roofing Membranes

April 11, 1995

Five companies and two trade associations have joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology in a cooperative research consortium to evaluate the

NIST Rescission Bills Update

April 7, 1995

H.R. 889, the Defense Spending Bill that includes a proposed rescission from the FY 1995 appropriation to the NIST Advanced Technology Program, was reported out

NIST Offers Radar Cross-Section Range Reviews

April 5, 1995

A comprehensive service for reviewing commercial and government radar cross-section ranges is being offered by the National Institute of Standards and

Three Industry Leaders Named to NIST Visiting Committee; Hermann Elected Chairman

April 4, 1995

Three prominent industry executives have been appointed by Arati Prabhakar, director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST Grants Support Eight Materials Theory And Modeling Workshops

April 3, 1995

A new materials theory center at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is awarding eight grants to support theory and modeling workshops for

IBM and NIST Launch Cooperative Effort to Develop Applications for Advanced Physics Research

March 15, 1995

SOMERS, N.Y.—IBM and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Physics Laboratory today announced a three-year cooperative research and development

Windows^TM Version of Popular NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Database Now Available

March 5, 1995

A new version of a popular computer database for analytical chemists and environmental scientists is now available for use with Microsoft® Windows TM software

NIST Chemical Kinetics Database For PC Users Expanded

February 27, 1995

Environmental scientists, research chemists, combustion engineers and process chemists can search for data on 9,200 chemical reactions in an expanded database

Statement on Proposed FY 1995 Rescission to NIST's Funding for Industry Programs

February 24, 1995

The February 23 action by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and State to rescind $46.6 million in funding for programs at the Commerce

Statement on a Proposed FY 1995 Rescission to the Advanced Technology Program

February 9, 1995

H.R. 845, a bill to rescind $107 million in FY 1995 funds from the budget of the Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program, would have disastrous

President's FY 1996 Budget Seeks More Than $1 Billion For Technology Administration

February 6, 1995

President Clinton's fiscal year 1996 budget request for the Commerce Department's Technology Administration is $1.037 billion, a $165.2 million increase over

Quality Management Proves to be a Sound Investment, Says NIST

February 3, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology said today that investing in quality management can result in an impressive payoff

NIST Issues Criteria for Baldrige Quality Award Pilot Programs in Education and Health Care

February 3, 1995

Criteria designed to help education and health care organizations improve their services were announced today by the Commerce Department s National Institute of

Quality Management Proves To Be a Sound Investment, Says NIST

February 3, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology said today that investing in quality management can result in an impressive payoff.

U.S. Chooses Optoelectronics Broker in Cooperative Effort with Japan

January 26, 1995

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced today that it has selected a partnership headed by the Optoelectronics Industry Development

NIST to Support Environmental Assistance to Smaller Manufacturers

January 17, 1995

Deputy Commerce Secretary David J. Barram today announced a Department of Commerce program aimed at helping the nation's 370,000 small and medium-size

NIST Standard to Improve Access to Government Information

December 7, 1994

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology announced today the approval of a federal information processing standard that will

Vice President Gore and Commerce Secretary Brown Present 1994 Baldrige Quality Award to Three U.S. Companies

December 5, 1994

Vice President Al Gore and Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown today presented three U.S. companies the 1994 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation

Advanced Technology Program Announces New Focus Areas, Seeks Proposals For 1995 General Competition

December 2, 1994

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced six new focused areas of technology—all based on input from U.S

U.S. Industries from Medicine and Electronics to Agriculture and Materials to Gain from Commerce Awards

November 18, 1994

A robot assistant for surgeons doing hip replacements, genetically engineered cotton plants (shrink- and wrinkle- resistant fibers), and polymer-based composite

Comparison Of UV Measurements Will Improve Forecasts

November 14, 1994

A recently completed Commerce Department field test will help environmental scientists worldwide more accurately measure ground-level changes in damaging

Commerce Department and Massachusetts Launch New System for Delivering Technology Services to Commonwealth Businesses

November 4, 1994

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts today officially dedicated the Massachusetts Manufacturing Partnership (MMP), an

Commerce Department Announces 15 Federal Grants For State Technology Projects

October 31, 1994

The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced 15 awards under the State Technology Extension Program component of the department's Manufacturing Extension

Commerce Department Announces 41 Awards for Advanced R&D in Four Key Technologies

October 24, 1994

Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown today announced some $170 million in awards for ground-breaking research and development under the Advanced Technology

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