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Quality Portal - Overview

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) helps ensure that U.S. organizations (and their products and services) achieve the highest levels of quality through efforts including the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP), the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), calibration services, the production of reference materials and data, and by maintaining and transmitting accurate measurements to state agencies and industry.

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Programs and Projects
Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program

The Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program , coordinated by the Analytical Chemistry Division, supports measurement technology for … more

Hardness Standardization

Our objective is to standardize and improve hardness measurement both in the U.S. and internationally. NIST is the U.S. National Metrology … more

QMD (Quality Measurement Data)

The information incompatibility problem in manufacturing metrology is costly to everyone. The standards solution eliminates these costs, as long … more

NIST Intercomparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment

Since the beginning of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Status and Trends (NS&T) Program in 1987, NIST … more

National Initiative Cybersecurity Education (NICE)

For more information please visit the National Initiative Cybersecurity Education (NICE) website at: http://www.nist.gov/nice/ … more

Audit of EPA Protocol Gas Suppliers

EPA Protocol gas mixture calibration standards are obtained by users to measure emissions of regulated gaseous species to ensure that they comply … more

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