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Obama increases NIST’s FY 2012 budget by 8.9%

The allocation doubles funding for NIST laboratories as part of president’s plan for science and innovation and reaffirmed in the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010.

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NIST FY 2012 budget allocations

NIST’s FY 2012 budget allocations include $678.9 million for Scientific and Technical Research and Services (STRS), $237.6 million for Industrial Technology Services (ITS), and $84.6 million for Construction of Research Facilities (CRF).

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The broadband cure

Thanks to recent federal stimulus grants and telemedicine technologies, rural and economically disadvantaged patients are connecting with medical specialists who previously were beyond their reach.

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NIST provides ease-of-use guidance to EMR software developers

To encourage the widespread adoption of electronic medical records, software developers need to ensure specific applications are user-centered, said Svetlana Lowry, project lead for National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Usability in Health IT research.

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There’s an app for that

Or at least there will be, as software developers gear up for the dawn of public safety’s LTE era.

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NIST releases smart-grid interoperability standards

The software-based standards have been developed to help electric utilities build out flexible smart grids and to provide manufactures with the needed requirements so disparate systems can be integrated into the grid and interoperate.

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NIST helps industry move toward nationwide, electronic health records network

The set of 45 approved test procedures evaluate components of electronic health records such as their encryption, how they plot and display growth charts, and how they control access to information.

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PSCR conducts second round of fireground digital radio tests

Speech and noise from such environments will be tested in a manufacturer-independent manner using reference communication systems, which enable the testing of communications technology.

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NFPA affiliate gets $250,000 grant to review smart-grid technologies

FPRF will collaborate with NIST and the NFPA standards body to ensure safety issues associated with the build out of the smart-grid infrastructure is addressed. Specifically, the organization will review and update NFPA 70, the national electric code.

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Just the beginning

A new era has dawned for power utilities, as so-called “smart” technologies are giving them better and more profitable ways to manage and distribute their resources. If spectrum issues can be worked out, the potential for the smart grid is limitless.

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Obama increases NIST’s FY 2012 budget by 8.9%

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NIST FY 2012 budget allocations

Article

The broadband cure

News

NIST provides ease-of-use guidance to EMR software developers

Article

There’s an app for that

News

NIST releases smart-grid interoperability standards

News

NIST helps industry move toward nationwide, electronic health records network

News

PSCR conducts second round of fireground digital radio tests

News

NFPA affiliate gets $250,000 grant to review smart-grid technologies

Article

Just the beginning

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