Oversight of the National Bureau of Standards: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, October 25, 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 377 pages |
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... basis for probing and understanding our physical universe , for specifying the nature and performance of products , and for exchanging goods in the marketplace . Don't get the impression that measurement drives the wheels of industry ...
... basis for probing and understanding our physical universe , for specifying the nature and performance of products , and for exchanging goods in the marketplace . Don't get the impression that measurement drives the wheels of industry ...
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... basis as a " technologist of last resort . " Accordingly , I will move on to discussing what I see as a potential extension of the Bureau's role rather than continuing to review the past . It is now just under six months since the ...
... basis as a " technologist of last resort . " Accordingly , I will move on to discussing what I see as a potential extension of the Bureau's role rather than continuing to review the past . It is now just under six months since the ...
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... basis , but whether they can continue that com- petition when they are , in essence , competing against whole countries is questionable . Japan , for example , has started a $ 340 million program in large- scale integrated circuit ...
... basis , but whether they can continue that com- petition when they are , in essence , competing against whole countries is questionable . Japan , for example , has started a $ 340 million program in large- scale integrated circuit ...
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... basis to Dr. Ambler . However , I would like to mention some of these needs and stress their importance briefly . The Bureau has planned programs that are responsive to the Brooks Act , has requested necessary funding to carry them out ...
... basis to Dr. Ambler . However , I would like to mention some of these needs and stress their importance briefly . The Bureau has planned programs that are responsive to the Brooks Act , has requested necessary funding to carry them out ...
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... basis in 1956 for a cooperative effort that disproved the law of parity conservation , a concept that nuclear scientists had adhered to for more than 30 years . This pioneering project confirmed experimentally the theoretical work of ...
... basis in 1956 for a cooperative effort that disproved the law of parity conservation , a concept that nuclear scientists had adhered to for more than 30 years . This pioneering project confirmed experimentally the theoretical work of ...
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Page 201 - Government; the construction, when necessary, of standards, their multiples and subdivisions; the testing and calibration of standard measuring apparatus; the solution of problems which arise in connection with standards; the determination of physical constants and properties of materials, when such data are of great importance to scientific or manufacturing interests and are not to be obtained of sufficient accuracy elsewhere.
Page 313 - States of a complete and consistent system of physical measurement, coordinates that system with the measurement systems of other nations, and furnishes essential services leading to accurate and uniform physical measurements throughout the Nation's scientific community, industry, and commerce.
Page 84 - That the functions of the bureau shall consist in the custody of the standards; the comparison of the standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, and educational institutions with the standards adopted or recognized by the Government; the construction, when necessary, of standards, their multiples and subdivisions; the testing and calibration of standard measuring apparatus; the solution of problems which arise in connection with standards; the determination...
Page 316 - Government; promotes the development of the National Standard Reference Data System and a system of information analysis centers dealing with the broader aspects of the National Measurement System; provides appropriate services to ensure that the NBS staff has optimum accessibility to the scientific information of the world.
Page 85 - ... necessary, of standards, their multiples and subdivisions; the testing and calibration of standard measuring apparatus; the solution of problems which arise in connection with standards; the determination of physical constants and the properties of materials, when such data are of great importance to scientific or manufacturing interests and are not to be obtained of sufficient accuracy elsewhere.
Page 171 - These include the development and maintenance of the national standards of measurement and the provision of means and methods for making measurements consistent with these standards...
Page 181 - Commission shall— (1) make a study of the data banks, automated data processing programs, and information systems of governmental, regional, and private organizations, in order to determine the standards and procedures in force for the protection of personal information...
Page 315 - FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY conducts research and provides technical services designed to aid Government agencies in improving cost effectiveness in the conduct of their programs through the selection, acquisition, and effective utilization of automatic data processing equipment; and serves as the principal focus within the executive branch for the development of Federal standards for automatic data processing equipment, techniques, and computer languages.
Page 38 - ... consultation by the Secretary of Commerce with the National Conference of Weights and Measures in order to assure that State and local weights and measures officials are...
Page 315 - CENTER FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY conducts research and provides technical services designed to aid Government agencies in...