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Appendix A: Charge to the Board and Panels
Pages 254-260

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... Appendix A Charge to the Board and Panels 257
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... MeryIend 20B99 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR MEMORANDUM FOR Board on Assessment,sfNTST Programs arid Its Panels From: Raymond G.K=nmer By Director ^7 ' Subject: Charge to the National Research Pencil Board on Assessment of NIST Programs for Me PY2000 Evaluation The National Institute of Standards and Technology ~ST) is vow grateful to the Board members for the time, effort, arid expertise devoted to evaluate the technical quality of NIST laboratory programs as reported In the FYI999 "~Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratones." For 40 years Be BoaM has conducted expert evaluations of the technical quality of MST (previously NBS)
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... ~ its PY2000 report, ~ ask He Board on Assessment to assess the technical quality of He Measurements and Standards Laboratones with a focus on: He technical merit ofthe laboratory programs relative to He state-of-the-art worldwide, the effectiveness web which He laboratory programs are canted out and He results disseminated; · the degree to which the laboratory programs are meeting He needs for which they are intended; and, · insofar at; they affect He quality of Be technical programs, the adequacy of He laboratories facilities, equipment, and human resources. NIST expects that :future technology advances driving economic growth will become more interdisciplinary, including such emerging fields as information tethnolo~, nanotechnology, and biotechnology.
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