print email comment close National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) URL: http://www.nist.gov/ Description: This federal government agency promotes "U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology." The website contains background about NIST laboratories and funding opportunities, a patent database, publications, pages on standards and weights and measures, activities for children, and more. From the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration. Publisher: U.S. Commerce Department, Technology Administration Extra Keywords manufacturing research engineering LII Database Information: Record 23654 created by Ray Van Diest on 04/14/2007 Last modification on 04/25/2007 Published: 04/25/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23654