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Office of Science & Technology Policy's Blog Posting RE: Engagement in Standardization
by GSI staff January 11, 2011
Setting Standards: The Federal Government Wants to Hear from You
Last week President Obama signed the America COMPETES Act, which supports an array of strategies for maintaining America’s leadership in science and technology. Among the Act’s important provisions is one encouraging the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to expand upon its work with the private sector to develop new standards for a range of vital industries such as emergency communications and tracking, green manufacturing, high performance green building construction, and cloud computing.
Read the blog posted by Aneesh Chopra and Patrick Gallagher.