NIST Deputy Director NIST Deputy Director’s Update s Update

Visiting Committee On Adv Visiting Committee On Advanced Technology (VCA

anced Technology (VCA

October 14, 2009 October 14, 2009Patrick D. Gallagher Patrick D. GallagherDeputy Director Deputy Director
wDr. Tony Haymet

wDirector, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

wVice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, and

wDean of the Graduate School of Marine ScienceswUniversity of California, San Diego

wNew VCAT Member

w Distinguished researcher and leader in climate change and other env

• Joined Scripps in 2006• Co‐founder and Vice Chair of CleanTECH San Diego

• Board member of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership

• Executive Committee member of the Partnership for the Observatio

• Other memberships include NSF’s Geosciences Advisory Board

• Served as Science and Policy Director and former Chief of Marine an

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency

• Established the Environmental Modeling Institute at the University o

• Published more than 165 peer‐reviewed articles and numerous Op‐E

wPhoto credit: Jeremiah Sullivan from Scripps

wInstitution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

w
Overview

 News/update Budget/construction VCAT agenda
President President’s Innovation Strategy: s Innovation Strategy:

Driving Towards Sustainable Growth and Quality Jobs Driving Towards Sustainable Growth and Quality Jobs
National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric 

Administration

International 

Trade 

Administration

US Patent and 

Trademark 

Office

National Institute 

of Standards & 

Technology

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Patrick D. Gallagher

Deputy Director

Gary F. Locke 

Secretary of Commerce

Department of Commerce Department of Commerce

Gary Comm2009DennDepuAugus

Dennis F. Hightower

Deputy Secretary of Commerce

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The historic mission of the Department is "to 

foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce" of the United States. This has evolved, as a result of legislative and administrative additions, to encompass broadly the responsibility to 

foster, serve, and promote the Nation's economic development and technological advancement. 
Developments at DOC Developments at DOC

DOC launches Commerce Connect in Plymouth, MI

 Make Department programs more accessible to 

business

 Provide resources to improve competitiveness 

of businesses at every stage of their life cycle

Secretary creates the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 Encourage Entrepreneurs through Education, 

Training, and Mentoring 

 Accelerate Technology Commercialization of 

Federal R&D 

Standards Review

 Internal review of department roles and 

responsibilities with regard to standards

 Focused on federal coordination and 

international engagement
NIST Staff on Assignment NIST Staff on Assignment

Roger Kilmer Roger Kilmer leads the leads the DOC’s 

s Comm

Comm

Connect Initiative Connect Initiative

Aimee Dobrzeniecki Dobrzeniecki is detailed to CE

is detailed to CE

working on the Administration working on the Administration’s poli

s poli

on Green and Sustainable manufac

on Green and Sustainable manufac

Carl Williams Carl Williams is on detail at OSTP is on detail at OSTP 

working on QIS issues working on QIS issues

Curt Barker Curt Barker has been detailed to DOC 

has been detailed to DOC 

the Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Coordinator Coordinator
NIST Organization NIST Organization

wRichard Cavanagh, Acting wMichael Culpepper

View official NIST Organiza
NIST Staffing Changes NIST Staffing Changes

Rich Cavanagh, CSTL Deputy Director 

Acting Director of MSEL. 

Mike Culpepper 

New Chief Human Capital Officer 

Virginia “Ginnie” Holtzman-Bell 

Boulder Laboratory Site Manager
Safety at NIST Safety at NIST -update

•Update on NRC actions from plutonium spill Update on NRC actions from plutonium spill•FY09 highlights FY09 highlights

•Develop high level NIST requirements Develop high level NIST requirements•Improve communication to staff Improve communication to staff•OU-developed Hazard review programs developed Hazard review programs•Rebuild NIST Safety Office Rebuild NIST Safety Office•Focus on NIST senior management Focus on NIST senior management

•Priorities for FY10 Priorities for FY10

•Improve safety programs through regular review cy

Improve safety programs through regular review cy

•Continue to strengthen safety office Continue to strengthen safety office

•Improve program development Improve program development •Develop agency Develop agency-wide metrics wide metrics•Improve safety support services to Improve safety support services to OUs

•Initiate external audit programs for NIST labs Initiate external audit programs for NIST labs
Awards and External Recognition of NIST 

Awards and External Recognition of NIST 

Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engthe nation’s highest honor recognizing extraordinary achieveprofessionals at the outset of their independent research ca

Craig Brown (NCNR) Neutron Imaging of materials for Energy Applications

Till Rosenband (PL

Future-generation quantum logic clock
Awards and External Recognition of NIST 

Awards and External Recognition of NIST 

2009 R&D 100 Award – Thermodynamics Research Center group lchemist Robert Chirico, physicist Chris Muzny, chemical engineer 

Andrei Kazakov, and NIST associate Vladimir Diky together with A

received an award for the Aspen Plus 2006.5 with NIST ThermoData 
Awards and Recognition of NIST Staff Awards and Recognition of NIST Staff

2009 Award for Meritorious Senior Professionals and Execuitves

David J. Nesbitt – for his pioneering cto the development of high resolution spectroscopy to study species in free expansions.Michael R. Moldover– for his leadersrevolutionizing the measurement of thproperties of fluids and for stimulating development of theoretical tools to anproperty data
NIST Budget FY 2008 NIST Budget FY 2008 –FY 2

FY 

* Excludes $10M from DoE for Smart Grid and $20M from HHS for Health IT.** House/Senate Committee budget marks*** Total after subtracting Congressionally Designated Projects

FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 

Enacted Enacted ARRA * Req

STRS $440.5 $472.0 $220.0 $5

National Measurement and Standards Labs 415.2 442.6 211.1 Baldrige National Quality Program 7.9 9.4 0.0 Corporate Services (CIO and Business Systems) 16.5 16.5 8.9 Congressionally Designated Projects 0.9 3.5 0.0 

ITS 154.8 175.0 0.0 1

Technology Innovation Program 65.2 65.0 0.0 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Parthership 89.6 110.0 0.0 

CRF 160.5 172.0 360.0 1

NIST Construction & Major Renovations 79.2 98.0 180.0 Competitive Construction Grant Program 30.0 30.0 180.0 Congressionally Designated Projects 51.3 44.0 0.0 

Total NIST 755.8 819.0 580.0 8
NIST Recovery Act Funds NIST Recovery Act Funds

55.5 Construction grants to four universities to provide cost-shared sup

new scientific research facilities

22.0 Phase One procurement of research and measurement equipmen12.5 Internal construction and SCMMR projects A/E design contracts. 

design includes Boulder B1E Extension construction, B1E enhancRecovery System, NCNR Pump House and Infrastructure, NationLaboratory, consolidated emergency services, advanced robotics

10.8 Expand NRC/NIST Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program a

fellows through the end of FY10 following the end of their tenure

9.0 Information Technology Infrastructure contracts to improve NIST 

infrastructure for improving measurements and research at NIST

8.5 Management and oversight support of the construction grants pro

management support of NIST construction projects, acquisition su

services, and risk management support services

6.9 Competitive research contracts to small businesses under the Sm

Research (SBIR) Program to develop new technologies supportinresearch mission

2.29 Contracts to help sustain accelerated development of standards t

interoperable smart electric power grid

128.0 Total Awarded / Obligated as of 9/24/2009
NIST Gaithersburg Site Development Pla

NIST Gaithersburg Site Development Pla
NIST Gaithersburg Master Plan 3 NIST Gaithersburg Master Plan 3

-D Mode

D Mode
NIST Construction Projects NIST Construction Projects

Guide Hall 

Facility

Technical 

support 

building
VCAT agenda VCAT agenda

VCAT has an VCAT has an “official role as the private sector 

official role as the private sector 

the Institute the Institute”. A primary function is to . A primary function is to “make 

recommendations regarding general policy fo

recommendations regarding general policy fo

its organization, its budget, and its programs its organization, its budget, and its programs

Report deals essentially, but not exclusively, wit

Report deals essentially, but not exclusively, wit

•Policy matters affecting NIST; Policy matters affecting NIST;•Areas of research of potential importance to 

Areas of research of potential importance to 

competitiveness of U.S. industry; competitiveness of U.S. industry;

•Comment on programmatic planning docume

Comment on programmatic planning docume
NIST Planning and NIST Priorities NIST Planning and NIST Priorities

Three-year program plan 

Æ second iteration

 Strengthen NIST’s laboratories and facilities 

leadership in measurement science and focus this caaddressing key measurement barriers.

 Focus new activities on critical national prio

Environment, Manufacturing, Health Care, Physical InInformation Technology 

 Stabilize, fortify, and fully leverage TIP, MEP

promote innovation, industrial competitiveness, and seconomic growth.

 Maximize NIST’s impact through effective co

coordination with companies, universities, other N

agencies, and states.
NIST Programmatic Planning NIST Programmatic Planning

 Highlight unique mission roles for NIST Highlight unique mission roles for NIST Improve the Improve the 

“moving parts moving parts

” of the planning p

of the planning p

 Develop mechanism for cr Develop mechanism for credible external i

edible external i

 Transition from budget initiative planning Transition from budget initiative planning 

Æ 

planning planning

 Regularize the planning process Regularize the planning process

 Workshops as mechanism for external input 

Workshops as mechanism for external input 

validation validation

 Quantitative measurement of Quantitative measurement of greenhouse 

 greenhouse 

 Bridging the gap for Bridging the gap for photovoltaics photovoltaics beyond 

beyond 

 Program planning documents under develop

Program planning documents under develop

 Multiyear program descriptions Multiyear program descriptions (phasing a

 (phasing a

 First 10 based on ongoing program initiativ

First 10 based on ongoing program initiativ
Unique mission role: documentary stand

Unique mission role: documentary stand

NIST is to: NIST is to: 

“compare standards used in scientif compare standards used in scientific investiga

ic investiga

manufacturing, commerce, industry, and educational in

manufacturing, commerce, industry, and educational in

standards adopted or recognized by the Federal Gover

standards adopted or recognized by the Federal Gover

coordinate the use by Federal agencies of private secto

coordinate the use by Federal agencies of private secto

emphasizing where possible the use of standards deve

emphasizing where possible the use of standards deve

consensus organizations. consensus organizations.

”

Explore the NIST role in documentary standards and the in

Explore the NIST role in documentary standards and the in

NIST laboratories: NIST laboratories:

• 

• What aspects of the Federal coordination role leverage 

What aspects of the Federal coordination role leverage 

capabilities of the labs? capabilities of the labs?

• 

• How could NIST enhance its support of Federal agenci

How could NIST enhance its support of Federal agenci

• 

• The NIST role in coordinating federal standards has be

The NIST role in coordinating federal standards has be

(e.g. Cybersecurity Cybersecurity, Smart Grid, Health IT). How shoul

, Smart Grid, Health IT). How shou

shape planning and priority setting efforts for the NIST 

shape planning and priority setting efforts for the NIST 
Standards for Smart Grid Interoperability 

April 2009: Office of National Coordinator for Smart Grid established at NIST to focus and accelerate standards deProgress since June 2009 VCAT meeting:

3⁄4 Version 1.0 of NIST identified standards for inclusion in Smart Grid In

Framework released for public comment

3⁄4 SDO workshop to address standards priorities – buy in from SDOs3⁄4 Smart Grid Cyber Security and Priority Action Plans identified to add3⁄4 Infrastructure for public-private partnership Smart Grid Interoperabil3⁄4 NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Framework Report released at GridW
Nationwide Healthcare Information Infrastruc

Progress since June 2009 VCAT meeting:

3⁄4 Agreement on technical work plan for ARRA and received 

ARRA funds from HHS

3⁄4 NIST-developed health IT standards conformance test tools

 Adopted for use by Nationwide Health Information 

Network (NHIN), a public/private collaboration to support standards-based clinical information exchange 

 Featured for use at Integrating the Healthcare 

Enterprise (IHE), ANSI's Health IT Standards Panel (HITSP), and IHE Connectathon

3⁄4 NIST co-sponsoring “Discovery and Innovation in Health IT”

workshop with NSF, HHS

3⁄4 NIST co-sponsoring a “Informatics for Consumer Health”

summit with NCI

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Recent Events in Recent Events in Cybersecurity Cybersecurity

60-day Cybersecurity Review released

- Provides a number of recommendations inclu

creation of a new cyber czar position, reportinand the NEC - position has not yet been filled

Pending cybersecurity legislation

- Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773) – Would p

new responsibilities for developing and enforcof cybersecurity standards at NIST.

- U.S. Information and Communications Enhan

2009 (S.921). Proposes shifting many securitresponsibilities from OMB and NIST to DHS.
Discussion