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Displaying news from January 01, 2001 To December 31, 2001
Nationwide Network of Manufacturing Experts Issue Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for Small Business Manufacturers
Release Date: December 14, 2001 The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is encouraging small businesses to start the … more
Commerce Secretary Announces New Standard for Global Information Security
Release Date: December 4, 2001 Commerce Secretary Announces New Standard for Global Information Security (News Release) AES Questions and Answers AES Home Page Oct 2, 2000, News Release on Selection of AES … more
Bement Confirmed by Senate As 12th NIST Director
Release Date: November 30, 2001 To Lead Agency in Maintaing Nation's Economic Competitiveness Through Continued Innovation in Measurements, Standards and Technology The U.S. Senate today confirmed Arden L. Bement Jr. as … more
Twenty-Nine Receive High Honors from Commerce Department for Work at NIST
Release Date: November 9, 2001 Commerce Secretary Don Evans has presented 23 employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and six former employees with Gold and Silver Medal … more
NIST and ITA Launch New Online Service to Give U.S. Companies ‘Heads Up' on Export Regulations
Release Date: October 11, 2001 Two U.S. Department of Commerce agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and International Trade Administration, today launched Export Alert!, a free Internet-based service that … more
Cornell and Wieman Share 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics
Release Date: October 9, 2001 Cornell and Wieman Share 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics (news release) Quotes About the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics Winners Press Conference (Transcript) Bose-Einstein Condensate: A New Form of … more
NIST Launches New Information Technology Security Effort
Release Date: October 2, 2001 The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology today awarded $5 million total in funding for nine research grants that will enhance security for critical … more
'Baldrige Index' Consistently Outperforms the S&P 500
Release Date: April 6, 2001 For the past seven years, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology has compared winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to the Standard & … more
From Supernova to Smoke Ring: Recent Experiments Underscore Weirdness of the Bose-Einstein Condensate
Release Date: March 12, 2001 Bose-Einstein condensates can sometimes explode like a pocket-sized supernova, but when they're not doing that they can look like the inside of a cigar bar, awash in insubstantial smoke rings. … more
National Institute of Standards and Technology Gears Up to Celebrate Centennial
Release Date: February 15, 2001 What do gas pumps, truck scales, blood-cholesterol tests, DNA chips, industrial lasers, satellite antennas, aircraft altimeters and bullet-proof vests have in common? In no small measure, these … more
Survey Finds Small Manufacturers Are More Competitive, Productive Thanks to NIST MEP
Release Date: February 14, 2001 Small manufacturing clients of the nationwide Manufacturing Extension Partnership are saving money, creating new jobs, and increasing and retaining sales at a higher rate than ever before as a … more
ATP Introduces Process Improvements to Streamline 2001 Competition for Innovative Industrial R&D
Release Date: January 2, 2001 A new, streamlined proposal submission and review procedure marks the 2001 Advanced Technology Program (ATP) competition announced today by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an … more |
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