National Bureau of Standards Authorization: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session ... March 26, 1985U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 - 105 pages |
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... reduction pro- gram . I come from a State - Tennessee - that could be severely af- fected by an earthquake along the New Madrid faultline . West Tennessee - and the city of Memphis in particular - could be espe- cially hard hit . In ...
... reduction pro- gram . I come from a State - Tennessee - that could be severely af- fected by an earthquake along the New Madrid faultline . West Tennessee - and the city of Memphis in particular - could be espe- cially hard hit . In ...
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... reduction effort , it has nowhere near the expertise of the CBT in this area . Dr. Speck stated that if the CBT is eliminated ... reduce the Federal deficit . An important part of our strategy must be an effort to eliminate wasteful and ...
... reduction effort , it has nowhere near the expertise of the CBT in this area . Dr. Speck stated that if the CBT is eliminated ... reduce the Federal deficit . An important part of our strategy must be an effort to eliminate wasteful and ...
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... reduce earthquake hazards to buildings . CFR advises the Consumer Product Safety Commission . Other Federal agencies turn to ICST for help with computer security . Think what the cost will be if Federal agen- cies have to turn to ...
... reduce earthquake hazards to buildings . CFR advises the Consumer Product Safety Commission . Other Federal agencies turn to ICST for help with computer security . Think what the cost will be if Federal agen- cies have to turn to ...
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... reduction program , and program increases of $ 16,444,000 which you mentioned , and decreases of $ 16,506,000 which you also mentioned . I was pleased with the remarks you made about the work at the National Bureau of Standards , Mr ...
... reduction program , and program increases of $ 16,444,000 which you mentioned , and decreases of $ 16,506,000 which you also mentioned . I was pleased with the remarks you made about the work at the National Bureau of Standards , Mr ...
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... reduce Federal spending and wherever feasible to transfer activities to the private sector . The NBS Center for Fire ... reduced by $ 3.3 million . Related to this item is our working capital fund request , Mr. Chairman , which is a ...
... reduce Federal spending and wherever feasible to transfer activities to the private sector . The NBS Center for Fire ... reduced by $ 3.3 million . Related to this item is our working capital fund request , Mr. Chairman , which is a ...
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Page 87 - Membership, held by more than 100,000 individual professional engineers, is about equally divided among engineers in private practice; engineers working for federal, state or local governments; and those employed in research and academia. The Society's major goals are to develop engineers who will improve technology and...
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Page 81 - Act, that each of the services and functions provided herein shall be self-sustaining or self-liquidating and that the general public shall not bear the cost of publications and other services which are for the special use and benefit of private groups and individuals...
Page 90 - CVS's is maintained by the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology (ICST) at the National Bureau of Standards' (NBS) located in Building 225, Room A266 at Gaithersburg, MD.
Page 105 - The Commission shall, to the maximum extent practicable, utilize the resources and facilities of the National Bureau of Standards, on a reimbursable basis, to perform research and analyses related to risks of injury associated with consumer products (including fire and flammability risks), to develop test methods, to conduct studies and investigations, and to provide technical advice and assistance in connection with the functions of the Commission.
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Page 20 - It does us little good to design state-of-theart products, if within a short time our foreign competitors can manufacture them more cheaply