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1999 Releases

December 29, 1999
More Accurate Time: NIST's New Year Gift to the World

December 7, 1999
Eleven Local Residents Receive High Honors from Commerce Department

December 6, 1999
New Values for Natural Constants Available on NIST Web Site

December 2, 1999
International Measurement Database Goes On-Line

December 1, 1999
NIST Presents Stratton Award to Newell, Steiner and Williams For Improving the Measure of Planck's Constant

December 1, 1999
Dixson and Fu Receive NIST Applied Research Award

December 1, 1999
Local Residents Honored with NIST Crittenden Award

December 1, 1999
Two NIST Scientists Honored for Education Efforts

December 1, 1999
Team from Two Labs Receive NIST Astin Measurement Science Award

December 1, 1999
Uriano Award Presented to Three Local Residents

December 1, 1999
Laytonsville Man Honored for Distinguished Science Writing

December 1, 1999
35 Local Residents Earn NIST Bronze Medal Awards

December 1, 1999
NIST-MEP Help Center Will Offer Around-the-Clock Y2K Help to Small Businesses

November 29, 1999
Advanced Technology Program Announces 2000 Competition

November 23, 1999
Two Manufacturers, Two Service Companies Win 1999 Baldrige Awards

November 22, 1999
Secretary Daley Urges Vigilance on Y2K Problem

October 14, 1999
Global Pact to Strengthen Measurement Links Across Borders

October 14, 1999
New Web Site Puts Atomic Time on Your Computer

October 12, 1999
NIST Transfers Management of the CMRL after 70 Years

October 7, 1999
37 New R&D Projects Selected for 1999 Advanced Technology Program Awards

October 5, 1999
United States and European Union Go 'Measure-for-Measure' for Free Trade

September 21, 1999
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Lauds Electronic Book Industry

September 17, 1999
New Y2K Business Continuity Program Helps Small Businesses With Last-Minute Planning Response to System Failures

September 16, 1999
Physicists Catch Best Wave Ever from New, Improved SURF III at NIST

September 9, 1999
NIST/CU SCIENTISTS FIRST TO OBSERVE NEW QUANTUM GAS Research May Lead to Better Understanding of Nature's Building Blocks

September 9, 1999
ONE ELECTRON, TWO ELECTRONS ... Method for Counting Individual Electrons Leads to New Electrical Standards from NIST

August 27, 1999
President Clinton Praises Nation's Small Manufacturers

August 9, 1999
NIST Announces Encryption Standard Finalists

August 2, 1999
Snell Named To Head NIST Building And Fire Research Laboratory

July 19, 1999
New NIST Database Will Help Assess Air Quality

July 19, 1999
NIST Clean Room Team Earns Vice President's Hammer Award By Saving Money for Federal Laboratory

July 1, 1999
U.S. Department of Commerce Backs Technology-Based Economic Development Progject to Boost Growth of Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers

June 24, 1999
Y2K Help Available for Spanish-Speaking Small Businesses

June 24, 1999
Ayuda "Y2K" Esta Disponible En Espanol Para Los Pequenos Negocios

June 17, 1999
NIST to Develop Housing Technology Tools

June 16, 1999
Fifty-Two Businesses, Education, Health Care Organizations Try For Nation's Top Award For Excellence

June 10, 1999
Maine, Federal Agency Join Forces in Technology Partnership

June 10, 1999
B. Carol Johnson Receives Arthur S. Flemming Award

June 10, 1999
Gerald T. Fraser Receives Arthur S. Flemming Award

June 8, 1999
Simpler, More Focused Fastener Quality Act Signed into Law

June 7, 1999
Minnesota Technology Inc. To Receive $358,000 To Help Small Companies Deal with the Y2K Bug

May 27, 1999
NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Handbook for Checking Net Contents of Packaged Goods

May 12, 1999
NIST Marks Computer Security Milestone

May 12, 1999
California To Receive $1.5 Million To Help Small Companies Deal with the Y2K Bug

May 4, 1999
Polyester Blends Aids in Scientific Pursuit of Future Composites

April 22, 1999
NIST Will Lead Study on Dangers of Fire Smoke

April 12, 1999
NIST Models Of Electronic Components Benefit U.S. Industry and Society

March 29, 1999
Daley Applauds National Benefits of Advanced Technology Program Detailed in New Report

March 22, 1999
'New Kit Helps Small Businesses Get a Jump on Y2K Bug', Says Commerce Secretary Daley

March 17, 1999
Experiments At NIST Launch New Field Of Physics: Non-Linear Atom Optics

March 15, 1999
NIST Physicists Demonstrate Highly Directional Atom Laser From Bose-Einstein Condensate

March 8, 1999
New Chemistry Laboratory is First Step Toward 21st Century

March 3, 1999
NASA/NIST Partnership to Pave Way For Advanced Space Observations

March 1, 1999
NIST, Partners To Tackle Test-Related Barriers Impending U.S., Global Commerce

March 1, 1999
NIST Improves Accuracy of Radioactive Seeds Used To Treat Prostate Cancer

February 26, 1999
Commerce Report To Congress Recommends More Focused, Less Burdensome Fastener Quality Act

February 26, 1999
NGA Supports 'Year of the Small Manufacturer'
Link to: Year of the Small Manufacturer

February 25, 1999
NIST Releases Software To Promote Secure E-Commerce Products

February 25, 1999
NIST-Led Y2K Help Center for Small Business is Open for Business

February 16, 1999
Secretary Daley Declares 1999 as the Year of the Small Manufacturer

February 12, 1999
NIST Computer Program Spurs Decision to Set Leaking Cargo Ship Afire

February 4, 1999
Baldrige Performance Excellence Guide Can Help Health Care Organizations Improve Their Operations

February 4, 1999
Baldrige Performance Excellence Guide Can Help Education Institutions Learn How to Improve

February 4, 1999
President Clinton Today Presents 1998 Baldrige Quality Award to Three U.S. Companies

February 4, 1999
'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P 500 for Fifth Year
Link to: Baldrige Index Stock Study

February 1, 1999
President's FY 2000 Budget Seeks $746 Million for Technology Administration to Power Programs for Economic Growth

January 22, 1999
IBM's Brown Named as New NIST Deputy Director

January 11, 1999
Baldrige Guide To Performance Excellence for Business Gets New Look, Format for 1999

1998 Releases

December 23, 1998
Y2K-1 Will Arrive a Bit Late

December 16, 1998
Price Check II Shows Scanner Accuracy Has Improved Since 1996

December 10, 1998
NIST Staff Receive High Honors From Commerce Department

December 10, 1998
'SIMnet' Launched to Harmonize Measurements, Enable Free Trade in the Americas

December 9, 1998
Clarksville Man Honored for His Work as a Mentor

December 9, 1998
Uriano Award Presented to Three Local Residents

December 9, 1998
NIST Presents Stratton Award to Egelhoff for Pioneering Means of Increasing Computer Disk Storage

December 9, 1998
Bronze Medal Awards Given to 32 Local Residents

December 9, 1998
Seven Local Residents Honored with NIST Crittenden Award

December 8, 1998
NIST Scientist Wins Nation's Highest Scientific Honor

November 17, 1998
Aircraft, Turbine, and Label Manufacturers Named Today To Receive 1998 Baldrige Award

November 16, 1998
Advanced Technology Program Announces 1999 Competition

November 5, 1998
Help For Small Manufacturers in Checking Y2K Compliance in Factory-Floor Equipment

November 2, 1998
New Book Confronts Issues Challenging Semiconductor Industry

October 30, 1998
Sun Sets on Manufacturing Centers' Sixth-Year Funding Restriction

October 30, 1998
Baldrige Quality Awards for Education, Healthcare Set for 1999

October 22, 1998
President Signs $657 Million FY 1999 Budget For Commerce's Technology Administration To Help Boost Economy

October 21, 1998
Upgraded Web Site Helps Small Manufacturers Keep the Millennium Bug At Bay

October 19, 1998
U.S. Commerce and Agriculture Departments Working To Help Small Manufacturers Address Y2K

October 7, 1998
Commerce To Prepare Study Of the Fastener Quality Act For Congress

October 7, 1998
79 New R&D Projects Selected For 1998 Advanced Technology Program Awards

September 28, 1998
NIST Delays Implementation Date For Fastener Quality Act Regualations Until June 1999

September 25, 1998
Advanced Technology Program Requests Comments On Proposed Changes To Rule

September 24, 1998
Industry, Standards, Government Leaders Call U.S. Standards Strategy Vital To U.S. Economic Growth, Global Competitiveness

August 24, 1998
Potential Microchip Insulator Shows Surprising Behavior When Tested In Ultra-Small Scale

August 23, 1998
New Method Will Help In Efforts To Find Better Insulators, Make Faster Microchips

August 20, 1998
NIST Announces Candidates For New Data Scrambling Standard

August 12, 1998
NIST Tool Will Help Small Manufacturers Exterminate 'Millennium Bug'

July 21, 1998
Advance Could Lead Eventually To Big Savings In Metal-Forming Industry

July 2, 1998
CEO Survey Finds 'Globalization' Among Top Challenges, U.S. Firms Doing Only Fair Job

June 24, 1998
NIST Extends Fastener Quality Act Implementation Date

June 17, 1998
Thirty-Six U.S. Businesses Try For Nation's Top Award For Business Excellence

May 11, 1998
Daley Says NIST to Help Small Manufacturers Avoid 'Millennium Bug'

May 6, 1998
Energy Department to Evaluate Promising Energy Technologies After 22 Years Of Services By NIST

April 28, 1998
U.S. Needs National Standards Strategy, NIST Officials Says

April 27, 1998
Toll-Free Way to Send Metrology-Related Trade Barriers Packing

April 27, 1998
Aves Thompson to Become NCWM Chariman at 83rd Annual Meeting

April 13, 1998
Smith Named to Head NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory

April 13, 1998
NIST Publishes Final Rule For Fastener Quality Act, Extends Implementation Date

March 19, 1998
Malone Named to NIST Visiting Committee; McGroddy Elected Chairman

March 18, 1998
Sunder Named Chief of Structures Division

February 17, 1998
NIST 98 Provides Largest Ever Expansion and Improvement Of Mass Spectral Database

February 17, 1998
NIST Offers Short Course to Help Industry to Better Measure Temperature

February 9, 1998
Popular Business Performance Excellence Guide Now Available For Healthcare, Education Organizations

February 9, 1998
Popular Business Performance Excellence Guide Now Available For Healthcare Provider Organizations

February 9, 1998
Popular Business Performance Excellence Guide Now Available For Education Organizations

February 9, 1998
'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P 500 For Fourth Year

February 2, 1998
President's FY 1999 Budget Seeks $725 Million For Technology Administration to Boost Economic Growth

February 2, 1998
New ATP Study Demonstrates Program's Significant Impact On Industrial R&D

February 2, 1998
Advanced Technology Program Opens New Competition For Projects In Learning Technologies

February 2, 1998
FY 1999 Budget Includes Funding For Baldrige Quality Awards In Healthcare, Education

January 20, 1998
Atomic Clock In Space to Reach New Heights Of Accuracy

January 16, 1998
NIST To Evaluate Evaluators of Water Quality Testing

January 5, 1998
Power Doubling For WWVB Could Help Keep You On Time In 1998

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