National Institute of Standards and Technology News

Green Hills Software's ISS Embedded Cryptographic Toolkit has received FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Validation from the National Institute of Standards and Technology , a federal technology agency that works with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.

With help from Michelle Quinn, David Saleh Rauf, Jennifer Martinez, Tony Romm and Eliza Krigman VISA DEMAND HIGH, BILL CHANCES LOW - Michelle Quinn has the story: "Technology firms hoping to secure more visas for high-skilled foreign workers have a plethora of bills to throw their support behind.

Dela Technology of Rockville won from the Defense Logistics Agency $44,175 for direct current motors, $63,588 for fuel-injection nozzle parts kits and $25,241 for metering and distributing fuel pumps.

Green Hills Software has announced that its ISS Embedded Cryptographic Toolkit received FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Validation from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US.

Local manufacturing businesses aren't born in a vacuum. A fully developed manufacturing firm is often the result of a complex process - from concept, to funding and financing, to market development, to marketing - that involves a range of partners, including federal and state resources and programs.

BETHESDA, Md., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DMI , a leading IT solutions and business strategy consulting firm, announced today that it is performing a continuous monitoring program for the Department of the Interior National Business Center .

Seeking to accelerate the pace of discovery of the risks and benefits of an evolving class of super-small materials, the National Nanotechnology Initiative is launching a special project focused on sustainable design.

Greg Thompson, the son of Marcia Thompson of Ohio and the late Cecil Thompson, received the 2012 Manufacturing Extension Partnership Practitioner of the Year award at the National MEP conference in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month.

At the recent Cloud Standards Customer Council meeting, which featured a Cloud in the Public Sector Summit, Dawn Leaf, Senior Executive for Cloud Computing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology presented opening remarks on "US Government Technology Roadmap Progress and Next Steps." The audio and slide deck for her presentation are ... (more)

The House of Representatives spent three days earlier this month on its consideration of H.R. 5326, the FY 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill.

Built on the secure family of INTEGRITY Operating Systems This validation is groundbreaking, as Green Hills Software raises the bar by FIPS-validating their proprietary Embedded Cryptographic Toolkit.

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JACKSON, Miss. -- A new research building will include space for startup biotechnology companies, according to officials at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

Powdermet Inc., which develops "nano-engineered metallic composites," has joined the NIST-led research program announced more than two years ago to develop lighter aluminum and magnesium castings.

Today, private organizations charge U.S. citizens hundreds of dollars simply to read a copy of standards they issue, standards that regulate things like gas pipeline safety, crane usage, and toy manufacturing -- even though citizens are required to obey those standards, because the federal government has incorporated them into regulations.

Digital Management of Bethesda won up to $241.45 million from the Department of State for help desk and desktop support services.

ARLINGTON, Va., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lunarline has been granted Accepted Third Party Assessment Organization status under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program by the U.S. General Services Administration .

Radioactivation of sulfur is a common technique used to measure fast neutron fluences in test and research reactors.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has streamlined its recommendations for securing the federal IT supply chain, focusing on a set of key elements to help ensure the security and reliability of information and communications systems agencies are acquiring, reports William Jackson in Government Computer News.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have published their first archival paper based on data from the institute's new hydrogen test facility .