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Closing The "Standards Sophistication Gap"

march - april 2010
Editor's Note

Giving it a Name

Executives are fond of observing that you can't manage something until you can measure it. Communications experts have another insight: you need to give a problem a name before you can get people to solve it.
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Editorial

H.R. 5116: It’s Time to Close the “Standards Sophistication Gap”

Leveling the international playing field is an important function of government. When it comes to standards-related trade issues, winning on that field requires government help as well. H.R. 5116 can provide a first step in forging the kind of public-private partnership in standards matters that can keep America competitive.
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Feature Article

Expanding the Role NIST: Reconnecting Government to Standards Development

For over 100 years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has fulfilled a vital role in supporting industry, science, public safety and more. In the standards arena, its mission has focused primarily on defining and enabling the measurement of weights and measures. A bill now in Congress would expand NIST's historical authorization to institutionalize the important role it is now ...
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Policy

Testimony Before the House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation

On March 23, testimony was heard on a bill to support the work of NIST, and to ask NIST to undertake a new role in support of Congress and the federal agencies.
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Standards Blog

Oracle’s ODF Pricing: What’s Up With That?

Ever since Oracle announced it would acquire Sun Microsystems, ODF supporters have been wondering: what will Oracle do with OpenOffice?
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The Alexandria Project

Chapter 2: The Plot Thickens

In this chapter, the mysteries deepen as Frank Adversego tries to get to the bottom of the cyberattacks being launched against the Library of Congress.
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Consider This

How Now, Gold Bug?

To William Jennings Bryan, the gold standard was a cross upon which the monied classes would crucify the working man. But in times of economic turmoil, some yearn for a return to a standard you can see, touch, and even hide under your mattress. Really, though, it's just another case of "turtles all the way down."
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