MEP Advisory Board Meeting 

Kansas City, MO

Wednesday, September 12, 2018
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Welcome!

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The Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA) is a United States federal 

law (Pub.L. 92–463, 6 October 1972), 

which governs the behavior of federal 

advisory committees. 

In particular, it has special emphasis 

on open meetings, chartering, public 

involvement, and reporting.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018: Meeting Agenda Details

2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Board Meeting Opening/Logistics

2:05 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Welcome and Introductions

• Opening Remarks

• Welcome from NIST Leadership

• Board and Audience Introductions 

2:30 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Working Group Update:

• Supply Chain Development Working Group

• Board Feedback & Discussion

3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Working Group Update:

• Executive Committee Working Group

• Board Feedback & Discussion
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3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Cost Share 

Report- Live call in from GAO representatives

4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Working Group Update:

• Performance/Research Development Working Group

• Board Feedback & Discussion

4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. MEP National Network Strategic Plan 2017-2022 and 

MEP National Network 

5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Wrap-up/Public Comments

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Welcome and Introductions

• Jeffrey Wilcox

– MEP Advisory Board Chair

• Phil Singerman

– NIST Innovation and Industry Services

• Carroll Thomas

– NIST MEP Director

• Guests

– Name

– Name of Organization

– How many years involved with MEP

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• Approved by NIST Leadership and through NIST 

& DOC vetting, June 2018

• President of VT Tech since Sept. 2016

• Serving as a Representative of the Community 

College Sector

• Prior Service as Secretary of the Vermont 

Agency of Commerce and Community 

Development

• Additional past experience as Commissioner of 

Labor for VT & other economic development 

related appointments

MEP Advisory Board – New Member: 

Patricia Moulton, Vermont Technical College (VT Tech)
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MEP Advisory Board 

Working Group Updates

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Supply Chain Development Working Group

• Committee Members

– Board Leadership

• Matthew Newman

– Board Members

• LaDon Byars, Bernadine Hawes, Mary Isbister, Chris Weiser, Jeff Wilcox

– NIST MEP Support

• Dave Stieren, Phil Singerman, Mark Schmit

• Deliverable

Guidance and perspectives on the MEP National Network support and development of 

manufacturing supply chains with an emphasis on defense suppliers regarding Defense Industrial 

Base gaps; and expertise on who should be brought into the discussion to provide insight on 

defense supplier gaps

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Discussion Topics for the Board

NIST MEP is seeking Advisory Board 

perspectives on these MEP National Network 

focus areas, approaches, challenges

MEP National Network supports DOD Supply Chains in many areas, 

highlighted by:

• Cybersecurity assistance

• Involvement in Defense Industry Adjustment efforts of the DOD Office of 

Economic Adjustment

• Working with the DOD-sponsored Manufacturing USA Institutes

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Supply Chain WG Deliberation Highlights

1. Cybersecurity

• Development of MEP National Network 

cybersecurity assistance capabilities progressing

✓ Catalyzed by DFARS awareness, compliance assistance 

for defense contractors 

✓ Spurred by strong partnerships w/DoD programs, OSD

✓ Legislation may also influence MEP role (NDAA, e.g.)

• MEP cyber assistance capabilities not yet fully 

developed on national scale

✓ Threats, vulnerabilities in commercial markets not yet 

spurring urgency/action among small mfrs.

✓ Integration of cyber assistance into MEP Center business 

models still evolving

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MEP National Network 

and Cybersecurity 

Assistance to U.S. 

Manufactuers
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MEP National Network Cybersecurity Progress

September 2018

18 MEP Centers with OEA projects

CAP Cyber Project – “Cyber in a Box”

>27,300 NIST Handbook 162 downloads

>2250 Small Manufacturers served

>150 projects conducted

>170 Awareness/Training Events

Expanding Capabilities across 

Network 

19 MEP Centers to participate in 

OEA Cyber project work, funded 

at >$8M

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<25% of Defense 

Contractors Compliant 

with DFARS/800-171

41 MEP Centers in MEP 

National Network 

Cybersecurity WG

39/51 MEP Centers with 

Cybersecurity Practice

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MEP National Network Cybersecurity Progress

September 2018
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LEAD MEP CENTER MFG USA INSTITUTE

CA MEP CESMII

CA MEP – Round 1 Award Next Flex

DE MEP NIIMBL

Illinois Mfg Excellence Ctr – Round 1 Award DMDII

Mass MEP AFFOA

Mass MEP BioFab USA

Michigan Mfg Technology Center LIFT

NC MEP – Round 1 Award Power America

NY MEP – Round 1 Award AIM Photonics

NY MEP REMADE

OMEP RAPID

PA MEP Advanced Robotics

PA MEP America Makes

TN MEP – Round 1 Award IACMI

Supply Chain WG Deliberation Highlights

2. Manufacturing USA 

Institutes

• Round 1 Awards’ period of perf 

ends Sep 30, 2018

✓ all Round 1 awards applying 

for no-cost extension

✓ Round 2, 3 awards scheduled 

to end in 2019

• NIST MEP working with portfolio 

of projects to report initial results 

by end of 2018

• Portfolio of projects, NIST MEP 

working to scale learnings to 

MEP National Network
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Executive Committee Working Group

• Committee members

– Board Leadership

• Jeffrey Wilcox, Chair of MEP Advisory Board

• Bernadine Hawes, Vice-Chair of MEP Advisory Board

– Board Members

• Carolyn Cason

• Mitch Magee

• George Spottswood

– NIST MEP Support

• Carroll Thomas, Cheryl Gendron, Gary Thompson, Wiza Lequin

• Deliverable

UPDATED: Working Group Deliverable - Provide guidance on future MEP Advisory Board 

leadership and membership recruitment, provide insights into cultivating strong Board 

governance as well as explore ways to expand the MEP Advisory Board’s role in regard 

to the local MEP Center Boards.
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• New member support

– Mentoring 

– Resources on MEP Connect: 

• Job Roles & Responsibilities document 

• Glossary & Acronym workbook

• Onboarding presentation (currently in practice)

• Looking forward

– Succession planning

• Chair & Co-Chair current terms expire May 31, 2019

– Next meeting, February 27, 2019

• Center board participation

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Discussion Topics for the Board
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Meeting Break

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Government Accountability Office (GAO)

1. What is known about any impacts on the services offered by MEP 

centers, including volume and type of services, pursuant to recent 

changes in the cost share for centers? 

2. What are selected MEP center officials’ and stakeholders’ views 

on the potential impacts of the recent cost share changes on the 

services offered by MEP centers, and the utilization of centers’ 

services by small or nontraditional customers? 

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Report due to Congress January 6, 2019
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GAO Representatives Call In
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MEP Advisory Board 

Working Group Updates –

Continued

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Performance & Research Development Working Group

• Committee members

– Board Leadership

• Leslie Taito

– Board Members

• Jose Anaya, Carolyn Cason, Joe Eddy, Kathay Rennels, Jim Wright, 

Bernadine Hawes, Jeff Wilcox 

– NIST MEP Support

• Ken Voytek, Chancy Lyford

• Deliverable

Input and guidance on the management portfolio and Program performance measurement 

processes of the MEP National Network. In addition, the Working Group will provide 

feedback and suggestions for establishing a research agenda that will support and enrich 

NIST MEP’s performance and evaluation management system through improved Center 

evaluation processes, the promotion of system learning and by enhancing the portfolio of 

Network information services for Centers.
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Performance & Research Development Working Group Draft Report

• Draft shared with working group on August 2, 2018 (feedback 

incorporated).

• Final draft completed. 

• Final report delivered to the Board by September 2018.

• Draft consists of 4 Sections:

– Background

– Observations

– Continuous Improvement in Performance Management

– Recommendations for Research and Development

• Research on NIST MEP

• Research on the Manufacturing Landscape

• Supporting Research and Evaluation

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Details on the Recommendations

• Research on NIST MEP

– Undertake research on the factors related 

to differences in center performance

– A more nuanced view of Center 

performance including not just a focus on 

minimum but to distinguish levels of 

performance

– Expand the use of case studies and other 

approaches to examine pilot programs and 

new services

– Research on the factors that relate to the 

level and likelihood of MEP clients 

reporting impacts

• Research on the Manufacturing 

Landscape

– Research on underserved segments of the 

manufacturing marketplace

– Mapping and defining the Manufacturing 

Ecosystem/Industrial Commons

– More research into the broader economic 

and business environment faced by 

manufacturers

– Supply Chain Assistance: Making the 

practice sustainable

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Supporting Research and Evaluation
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Strategic Plan and 

Director’s Update

• Strategic Goals, Priorities and 

Measures

• Budget Update

• Performance and 

Extension/Special Services

• MEP Program Performance-“By the 

Numbers”

• Building the Network: Center 

Leadership Team (formerly FIN)
MEP Overview

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MEP National NetworkTM 2017-2022 Strategic Goals 

EMPOWER 

MANUFACTURERS

CHAMPION 

MANUFACTURING

TRANSFORM THE 

NETWORK

LEVERAGE 

PARTNERSHIPS

Objective— to assist U.S. 

manufacturers in embracing 

productivity-enhancing 

innovative manufacturing 

technologies, navigate 

advanced technology solutions 

and recruit and retain a skilled 

and diverse workforce.

Objective— to actively promote 

the importance of a strong 

manufacturing base as key to a 

robust U.S. economy and for the 

protection of national security 

interests; create awareness of 

innovations in manufacturing; 

create workforce development 

partnerships to build a stronger 

and diverse workforce pipeline; 

and maximize market awareness 

of the MEP National Network.

Objective— to leverage 

national, regional, state and local 

partnerships to gain substantial 

increase in market penetration; 

identify mission-complementary 

advocates to help MEP become 

a recognized manufacturing 

resource brand; build an 

expanded service delivery model 

to support manufacturing 

technology advances.

Objective— to maximize 

National Network knowledge and 

experience to operate as an 

integrated national network; 

increase efficiency and 

effectiveness by employing a 

Learning Organization platform; 

and create a resilient and 

adaptive MEP National Network 

to support a resilient and 

adaptive U.S. manufacturing 

base.

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MEP Overview

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Strategic Plan Mapped To National Network

EMPOWER 

MANUFACTURERS

CHAMPION 

MANUFACTURING

LEVERAGE 

PARTNERSHIPS

TRANSFORM THE 

NETWORK

Primary

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Collaborative Support

Extension Services

Important Support

NIST MEP Leadership

R&S Partnerships

Network Learning & Comp

M&C

PEER

FM/Center Ops

Admin

IT/Security

Collaborative Support

Network Learning and Comp

PEER

Primary

51 Centers & Partners

NIST MEP

Extension Services

M&C

R&S Partnerships

NIST MEP Leadership

Advisory Board

Center Boards

ASMC/FORME

Primary

51 Centers & Partners

NIST MEP

Extension Services

M&C

NIST MEP Leadership

R&S Partnerships

Center Boards

Primary

51 Centers & Partners

NIST MEP (All)

Collaborative Support

Advisory Board

ASMC/FORME

PEER

Collaborative Support

Advisory Board

Center Boards

ASMC/FORME

Important Support

FM/Center Ops

Admin

IT/Security

Staff Resource Mgmt.

Important Support

Admin

FM/Center Ops

IT/Security

Staff Resource Mgmt.

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MEP Overview

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Create 

an Integrated 

National 

Network 

Service Delivery 

System

Update 

National-level 

Partnerships and 

Performance 

Support 

Services 

Define 

Areas of Focus 

for 

Manufacturing 

Technology 

Advances 

Develop 

Supply Chain 

National Services 

and Information 

and 

Technology 

Access

Build 

Infrastructure 

for National 

Network 

Learning 

Organization

Network Priorities for the Next 18 Months
MEP Overview

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Eighteen-Month Measures of Success- Baselines

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Dashboard

Integrated National Network:

# of Centers in multi-Center delivery projects 

Efficiency in Small/Rural Engagements:

# of engagements through 3rd party partnerships and 

increased longer-term impactful projects

Center and Program Office Achievement of:

# of Centers participating and # of implementation projects in 

Program Office

Increased Visibility:

MEP National Network brand awareness 
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Progress on Eighteen-Month Measures of Success to Goals

95%

78% 79%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Percent of Goal

Multli-Center Delivery

# of small mfgs served via 3rd party

81%

93%

82%

67%

47%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Percent of Goal

# of Transformational Clients Job Impact

Sales Impact Investment Impact

Cost Savings impact

Increased awareness of the MEP National Network brand by 10% over base brand recognition 

measurement a year after the Network launches the brand. 

• For Q2 MEP National Network had 270 instances of branded searches vs baseline of 350

• For Q2 MEP National Network webpage received 692 page views vs baseline of 695 

• For Q2 MEP National Network webpage had 25 backlinks vs baseline of 14
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Eighteen-Month Measures of Success to Goals 

Operational Excellence

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MEP Centers - Tons of incredible continuous improvement work happening

• OH - Fastlane SRA getting SRA to adopt, trained and deliver new services 

• LA - Create Leveraged Partnerships strategy

• VA - Improve organizational structure for success planning

• PA - Review, revise and expand state-wide service delivery models

• IN - Reduce the cost of engagement to clients with greater efficiency

• HI - Increase neighbor island outreach by 25%

• MT - Reduce lead time for public training events

• MA - Target training partnerships - English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

NIST MEP - Not to be outdone!

• Aligning Panel Review feedback with RM coaching

• Complete a draft of the Center Compliance Guidelines

• Establish and implement SOPs for competitive and non-competitive awards and train staff

• Reduce reporting burden on MEP Centers by 10%
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MEP Program Budget Outlook

(as of 6/13/18)

FY 2018 Appropriation Status

• Full access to Appropriation approved 6/1/2018

• All renewals funded -- October 1 packages with GMD

• Supplemental funding recommendations provided to GMD

• Eight Competitive Awards announced 9/5/2018

FY 2019 President’s Budget Request

• Program proposed for elimination with $0 funds for wind-down

• House Appropriations Committee Mark on 5/17/18 at $140 million 

• Senate Appropriations Committee Mark on 6/14/18 at $140 million

• Commerce-Justice-Science bill will possibly be included in a “Minibus” bill 

– Timing TBD

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NIST MEP FY 2018 Projected Spend Plan

($ millions)

Available Funding:

Full Year Appropriation $140.0

Carryover from FY 2017 $ 8.5

Total Available Funding $148.5

Planned Expenditures:

Center Renewals $110.0 

Supplemental Funding $ 10.0 

Strategic Competitions $ 8.1

Contracts $ 5.7

NIST MEP Labor $ 8.3

NIST Overhead $ 6.4

Total Planned Expenditures $148.5

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Performance-based Peer Panel Review Update

• Round 1 Completed (Dec 2017 - Feb 2018)

– CO, CT, FL, IN, MI, NH, NC, OK, OR, TN, TX, and VA

• Round 2 Completed (May - July 2018)

– AK, ID, IL, MN, NJ, NY, WA, WV, WI

• Round 3 (March - April 2019)

• Round 4 (Oct - Nov 2019)

• The 7 legacy Centers (RI, AZ, MD, KY, SD, NE, and FL) will be 

the first Centers to undergo the 5th year legislatively required 

Secretarial evaluation 

– To date, AZ, KY, MD and RI have been completed

– NE & SD are underway

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Updates: MEP Extension and Special Services

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• Cybersecurity Update – Industry and Defense Industrial Base

– 41 Centers in Cybersecurity Working Group as of 8/18 with Sept 12 WG meeting in Kansas City

– Over 2250 SMMs served, over 170 awareness/training events and over 150 project conducted

– Opportunities with defense and automotive supply chains via National Network cybersecurity project 

(CAP award to MMTC)

• Workforce Update – Research 

– Workcred Manufacturing Credentialing Research Project

• Examining the Quality, Market Value, and Effectiveness of Manufacturing Credentials in the 

United States, released 7/25

• Project Sponsored by MEP, in coordination with NIST SCO: engaged Workcred, an affiliate 

of ANSI

• Disaster Assistance Update – Results 

– NIST MEP facilitated five awards to MEP Centers between Sept 2017 – Jan 2018

• TX, LA, FL, GA, and PR

• $6.2 million total funding, 800 planned assessments in PR alone, with over 1000 total 

completed
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MEP Program: ‘By the Numbers’

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7

10

8

1

6

2

3

0 0 0

5

6

11

6

3

5

4

2

5

2 2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Q1 2018 Q3 2016

Current Center Impacts: Positive Distribution Shift 
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MEP Center Performance 

During and Right After Competitions

• Impacts have risen in FY 2017, but projects and clients counts remain flat

• In nominal terms, federal investment in the centers is flat

– If adjusted for inflation center federal investment declined (by approximately 13%)

– State investments declined as well

– Public resources do matter

• Number of clients and projects peaked before the recession

– Recent improvements but not near where have been historically

– Clients and projects are a leading indicator of impacts

• Impacts have remained stable with a few spikes

– Investment category is an anomaly. Reflects the addition of a new category (investment in new products 

and processes). If that is taken out, the 4 core investment measures remain flat 

– Spike in investments correlate with increase in growth, technology and product development

• Survey response rate fell from a high of 92% in FY 2007 to a low in 71% in FY 2015 

(21 percentage points) recent increase just over 80%

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Number of Manufacturing Establishments is Falling....

331,062 331,355

326,216

308,934

299,982

295,643 297,221

292,094 292,543

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Staff Counts are Flat After Falling Post Recession....

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Constant (Inflation Adjusted) & Nominal MEP Funding

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$Fed Budget (Constant 2009$) $Fed Nominal $

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We will review in a year what impact the additional competitive awards and the bump up 

in federal funding made to the number of MEP Center staff and Center performance
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Growth, Technology, and Product Development 

Services are an Increasing Share of MEP Services

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Higher Performing Centers serve more clients, have higher response rates, higher 

shares of clients reporting improved competitiveness, and more state funding

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MEP National Network

The Go-To Experts for Advancing U.S. Manufacturing
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National Network Center Leadership Team

Tom Bugnitz (CO)

Buckley Brinkman (WI)

Bill Donohue (VA)

Jim Shillenn (PA)

Jim Watson (CA) Bonnie Del Conte (CT)

Jennifer Hagan-Dier (TN)

Ethan Karp (OH)

Chuck Spangler (SC)

Carroll Thomas – Director 

Dave Cranmer – Deputy Director 

Mike Coast (MI)
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MEP National Network

The Go-To Experts for Advancing U.S. Manufacturing
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MEP National Network
U . S . D E P AR T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E N AT I O N AL I N S T IT UT E O F S T AN D AR D S AN D T E C H N O L O G Y M AN U F AC T U R I N G E X T E N S I O N P AR T N E R S H I P l l

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MEP National Network
U . S . D E P AR T M E N T O F C O M M E R C E N AT I O N AL I N S T IT UT E O F S T AN D AR D S AN D T E C H N O L O G Y M AN U F AC T U R I N G E X T E N S I O N P AR T N E R S H I P l l

2019 (dates subject to change)

• February 27, 2019 

– Reagan Building, Washington, DC

• June 18 or 19, 2019 

– El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA

• Mid-September 2019

– With the MEP National Network Summit

*Calendar invites sent once confirmed

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Future Meeting Schedule
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Wrap Up and/Public Comments

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Thank You

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