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NIST Celebrates World Internet Day: NIST Identifies Programs that help...
On Oct. 29, 1969, the first electronic message was sent on ARPANET, the precursor to today’s Internet. Despite crashing the system, that message is the reason today is designated International Internet...
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Commerce Secretary Pritzker Announces Four U.S. Organizations Honored With...
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today announced that four U.S. organizations are recipients of the 2014 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for...
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NIST Awards $2.5 Million in Grants to MEP Centers for Pilot...
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $2.5 million in grants to 10 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers to pilot online...
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Defining Operational Excellence One Person at a Time
When you’re striving for excellence, it helps to have an example. It’s much easier to work hard on something when you’ve seen others succeed despite obstacles. A highlight each year at the National...
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces $400M for Manufacturing Hubs and Skills Training
This week President Obama made some major announcements that will help create new, 21st century job opportunities for American workers in high-demand sectors. Specifically, President Obama launched two...
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Commerce’s NIST Announces STEM Education Opportunities for Teachers and...
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently announced they are accepting applications for two grant programs for middle school science teachers and for its...
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New Technologies Bring New Opportunities and New Risks: Vetting Mobile Apps
By Tom Karygiannis, Computer Security Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyUnderstanding what mobile apps do and how they have been implemented is the first step toward...
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U.S. Manufacturing Attracts Foreign Investment
By Mark Schmit, National Accounts Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership The United States is an attractive destination for foreign...
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Head Health Challenge III
Guest blog post by Dr. Willie E. May, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology and Standards and Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and TechnologyToday I had the honor of...
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Puerto Rico MBDA Business Center’s MED Week Event Helps Local Entrepreneurs,...
Puerto Rican businesses and entrepreneurs looking for opportunities that drive growth found them during Puerto Rico’s MBDA Business Center’s Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week) conference...
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The Benefits of IMCP
Guest Blog by Sarah Lee, Principal Economic Development Manager, Puget Sound Regional CouncilWashington State brought in $7 million in IMCP-aligned federal agency funds just months after receiving one...
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Manufacturing Innovation: Gaining the Advantage In a Fiercely Competitive...
Guest blog post by Mike Molnar, Director, Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office and NIST Advanced Manufacturing Program Office Good ideas—for new products, new processes, or new services—are...
View ArticleSecretary Pritzker Participates in White House Cyber Security Summit to...
Secretary Penny Pritzker joined President Barack Obama last week at the White House Cyber Security Summit at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Designed to help shape public and private...
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NIST Awards $20 Million for Research Center to Help Communities Increase...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it has awarded a $20 million cooperative agreement to Colorado State University (CSU) to...
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Commerce's NIST Awards $26 Million to Support Manufacturing in 10 States
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the award of new cooperative agreements to 10 nonprofit organizations and universities to manage...
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Spotlight on Commerce: Cecelia V. Royster, Director, Office of Acquisition...
Ed. note: This post is part of the Spotlight on Commerce series highlighting members of the Department of Commerce and their contributions to building a middle class economy in honor of Black History...
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Weights and Measures Week 2015: On the Path to Tomorrow
Guest blog post by Carol Hockert, Director, Office of Weights and Measures, National Institute of Standards and Technology It’s held annually during the first week of March to commemorate President...
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Lab to Market: When One Plus One Equals Three
Guest blog post by Paul R. Zielinski, MS, MBA, Director, Technology Partnerships Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology & Chair, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology...
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NIST’s MRI Measurement Tools to Help Diagnose Veterans’ Traumatic Brain Injuries
More than 300,000 U.S. veterans have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in recent years, a legacy of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But these numbers don’t tell the whole story. While...
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Making U.S. Manufacturing Stronger
Guest blog post by Phillip Singerman, Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)During his visit to Cleveland, Ohio, today,...
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