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2024 NIST Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities

January 10, 2025
Author(s)
Juana Williams, John McGuire, Loren Minnich, Gloria Lee, Jan Konijnenburg, Isabel Baucom, Katrice Lippa
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) presents its second issue of the 2024 NIST Annual Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities report. This report includes a summary of changes made to NIST Handbook 44 (2024) Specifications, Tolerances and

Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods

January 10, 2025
Author(s)
John McGuire, David Sefcik, Loren Minnich, Isabel Baucom, 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

January 10, 2025
Author(s)
John McGuire, David Sefcik, Loren Minnich, Isabel Baucom, Katrice Lippa
This 2025 edition includes amendments made through the Committee on Laws and Regulations of the NCWM with technical guidance from the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) of the NIST and input from weights and measures officials and industry

Certification Approaches for Weigh-In-Motion Systems in Law Enforcement Applications

March 26, 2024
Author(s)
Katrice Lippa, Jan Konijnenburg, Loren Minnich, Tanvi Pandya, James Willis
Every day, overweight and excessively heavy vehicles cause damage to roads, bridges, and other vehicle-based infrastructure. To protect this vital transportation infrastructure for the U.S., states have imposed weight limits for commercial and fleet

2023 NIST Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities

November 20, 2023
Author(s)
Lisa Warfield, Katrice Lippa, Jan Konijnenburg, Loren Minnich, Gloria Diane Lee, Juana Williams, John McGuire
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) presents its second issue of the 2023 NIST Annual Summary of U.S. Legal Metrology Activities report. This report includes a summary of changes made to NIST Handbook 44 (2023) Specifications, Tolerances and

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

2023 NIST OWM S&T Analysis

July 7, 2023
Author(s)
Lisa Warfield, Loren Minnich, Jan Konijnenburg, Gloria Diane Lee, Juana Williams
The NIST OWM Analysis is submitted to assist the Weights and Measures community as it deliberates on items before the 2023 NCWM Annual Conference. NIST OWM offers these comments and recommendations based upon information and input available as of the date