Director’s Update

Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

October 16-17, 2012

Dr. Patrick Gallagher

Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and 

NIST Director
Congratulations Dr. Wineland! – NIST’s 4th Nobel 

Laureate

On October 9th, 2012, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist 

David Wineland received a Nobel Prize in 

Physics 

• Co-awarded with Serge Haroche, College 

de France, Paris, France

• "for ground-breaking experimental 

methods that enable measuring and 

manipulation of individual quantum 

systems”

• Award ceremony to be held on 

December 10th, 2012
Awards

On September 13, 2012, National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST) 

physicist Jacob Taylor received a Samuel J. 

Heyman Service to America Medal

• Advanced scientific research, with 

potential for advances in health care, 

communications, computing, and 

technology. 

• Presented by Acting Commerce 

Secretary Rebecca Blank 

• Taylor was one of just nine winners 

chosen from nearly 400 nominees for 

awards honoring excellence in public 

service.
Budget Update

• House Mark: $826M

• Senate Mark: $830M

• Request includes $1B mandatory funding for 

the National Network for Manufacturing 

Innovation and $300M for Wireless Innovation 

Fund

FY 2013 Request

• NIST Request to DOC submitted on 

June 7 FY 2014 Request

FY 2015 Request • Planning has started. 
NIST sponsored Smart Grid Interoperability Panel 

(SGIP)

• Starting January 1st, will become fully private entity 

referred to as “SGIP 2.0”

• Tax-exempt, not-for-profit membership 

organization

• NIST will provide limited funding through 

cooperative agreement

• NIST will maintain seat on technical committee 

• NIST personnel will lead the SGIP Cyber Security 

Working Group

Program Updates -- Smart Grid
SHA-3 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition

SHA-3 competition originally announced on November 2nd, 2007 in response 

to advances in the cryptanalysis of hash algorithms

• Received 64 submission from cryptographers from around the world by 

October, 2008

• Through internal review and public feedback, 5 finalists announced on 

December 9th, 2010

NIST/ITL Announces KECCAK as winner on October 2nd

• Will augment algorithms currently specified in FIPS 180-4, Secure Hash 

Standard
• National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 

(NCCoE)

• Center will undertake carefully developed use 

cases and associated technology 

implementations for the proposed solutions to 

resolve cybersecurity challenges through teams 

of public and private sector experts

• $10M received in FY2012 to establish a privatepublic partnership to operate the center

• $10M for FY2013/2014 planned

• Currently exploring a Federally Funded Research 

and Development Center (FFRDC) as possible 

governance structure

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
Program Updates -- National Strategy for Trusted 

Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC)

• National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (April 2011)

• National Program Office (interagency)

• Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (private sector)

September 20th, over $9M in pilot awards to 5 organizations

• The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) (Va.): 

$1,621,803

• Criterion Systems (Va.): $1,977,732

• Daon, Inc. (Va.): $1,821,520

• Resilient Network Systems, Inc. (Calif.): $1,999,371

• University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) (Mich.): 

$1,840,263
New Issues -- Center for Advanced Communications 

Technology (CACT)

• NIST is in planning stages with DOC to create a 

center for Advanced Communications

• The Center will provide unique infrastructure 

available to Government and industry partners 

for the testing research, and standards 

capabilities needed to address spectrum sharing 

and other advanced communication technology 

challenges

• A potential role of the Center being discussed is 

the coordination of a National test-bed 

infrastructure, that would align multiple federal 

test-range capabilities to meet national need
Manufacturing portfolio

• MEP program

• NIST Laboratory 

Program

• NRC review

• Mission alignment

• Baldrige

• AMTech

• NNMI
Organization

Former NIST CIO, 

Del Brockett,

Acting Associate 

Director for 

Management 

Resources

Executive Officer for Administration

Management and Organization 

Administrative Support

Director 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Standards and Technology 

Patrick Gallagher

Chief of Staff

Program Coordination

Public and Business Affairs

Congressional and Legislative Affairs

International and Academic Affairs

Associate Director for 

Laboratory 

Programs/Principal Deputy

Willie E. May

Staff Offices

Standards Coordination

Reimbursable Agreements 

Coordination Office

Special Programs

Associate Director for 

Innovation and 

Industry Services

Phillip Singerman

Staff Offices

Technology 

Partnerships

Economic Analysis

Grants Management

Material Measurement 

Laboratory

Laurie Locascio

Physical Measurement 

Laboratory

Katharine Gebbie

Engineering Laboratory

Shyam Sunder

Information Technology 

Laboratory

Chuck Romine

Center for Nanoscale 

Science and Technology

Robert Celotta

NIST Center for Neutron 

Research

Robert Dimeo

Associate Director for 

Management Resources

Del Brockett (Acting)

Staff Offices

Boulder Site Management 

Civil Rights and Diversity

Research Support 

Services

Strategic Resources

Baldrige Performance 

Excellence Program

Harry Hertz

Hollings Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership

Roger Kilmer

Technology Innovation 

Program

Tom Wiggins, Acting

Office of Facilities and 

Property Management

Stella Fiotes

Office of Financial 

Resource Management

George Jenkins

Office of Workforce 

Management

Susanne Porch

Office of Information 

Systems Management

Robert Glenn (Acting)

Office of Safety, Health 

and Environment

Richard Kayser
New Issues -- Business of NIST

• “Safety-like” transformation of NIST business 

practices involving fund transfers: 

acquisitions, grants, and interagency 

agreements. 

• Revision of the NIST working capital fund 

collection to provide a budget for indirect 

funded activities 

 

• New budget planning process for indirect 

accounts, and new service level agreements 

for programs.

• Plan to make changes starting this fiscal year 

(2013)
Day 1

• Call to Order, Announcements, VCAT Business

 Vinton Cerf, VCAT Chair

• Agenda Review and NIST Update

 Pat Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology and NIST Director

• Review Activities of the VCAT Subcommittee on Safety

Tony Haymet, Chair, VCAT Subcommittee on Safety

• Visit by David Wineland 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics

• NIST on a Chip: Revolution in Measurement Services

Thomas O’Brian, Chief, Time and Frequency Division and Quantum Physics Division, Physical Measurement 

Laboratory (PML), NIST

• NIST Chip-scale Atomic Sensors

Thomas O’Brian, Chief, Time and Frequency Division and Quantum Physics Division, Physical Measurement 

Laboratory (PML), NIST

VCAT Meeting Agenda Review 
VCAT Meeting Agenda Review 

Day 1 Con’t

• Tour of Quantum Voltage Laboratory

Samuel Benz, NIST Fellow, Quantum Electronic and Photonics Division, PML, NIST

• Tour of the Public Safety Communications Research Demonstration Network

Dereck Orr, Program Manager, Public Safety Communications Research, Law Enforcement 

Standards Office, NIST 

• Update on NIST Centers of Excellence Program

Jason Boehm, Director of the NIST Program Coordination Office

• Update on Technology Transfer

Phillip Singerman, Associate Director for Industry and Innovation Services, NIST

• Tour of NIST Precision Measurement Laboratory

Mike Kelley, Acting Director, NIST Boulder Laboratory Operations
VCAT Meeting Agenda Review 

Day 2

• Overview of NIST Portfolio of Manufacturing Programs

 Pat Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology and NIST 

Director

• Summary of National Research Council’s (NRC) Report on A Review of the 

Manufacturing-Related Programs at NIST

Kanti Jain, Chair, NRC Panel on Review of the Manufacturing-Related Programs at NIST

• Update on the Administration’s Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives

 Phillip Singerman, Associate Director, Innovation and Industry Services, NIST

• Discussion of White Paper and Potential Recommendations

Moderated by Pat Gallagher and Alan Taub

• Wrap Up and Discussion of Recommendations and Path Forward for the 2012 

Annual Report

Vint Cerf, VCAT Chair