National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - http://www.nist.gov/
Works with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards. Featured areas include science, metrology, computer security, and industrial standards. |
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - http://www.ntis.gov
The official source for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information. As a nonappropriated agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Administration, NTIS does not rely on taxpayer funds to operate. All NTIS operating costs are paid for by the sale of its products and services. |
NIST Weights and Measures Division - http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/owmhome.htm
Promotes uniformity in U.S. weights and measures laws, regulations, and standards to achieve equity between buyers and sellers in the marketplace. Provides training to state and local weights and measures officials and to state and industry metrologists. |
NIST: Materials Science and Engineering Laboratories: Polymers Division - http://polymers.msel.nist.gov/index.cfm
provides standards, measurement methods for U.S. polymers industries. The program areas encompass electronics materials, biomaterials, processing characterization, and applications of combinatorial methods. |