Agenda

Monday, October 23, 2017

Session I: NIST Update 

NIST update

Safety update 

Session II: NIST Laboratory Programs Strategic 

Vision

Laboratory Programs Strategic Vision Overview 

Working Session on Bioeconomy

Working Session on AI and Data

Working Session on Quantum SI

Working Session on Internet of Things

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Session III: Closed Session on Security

Session IV: Management Resources Service 

Delivery

Session V: Next Steps and Adjourn

Are the strategic priorities NIST has identified the right ones? 

Are we approaching alignment of support and mission 

appropriately?
NIST Update

Kent Rochford 

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

Monday October 23, 2017
Outline

Safety update

Personnel changes

NIST program highlights

Budget and alignment
NIST Safety Incident Metrics

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FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17

Recordable cases

DART case

Fiscal Year

Number of cases

Data includes Federal Employees and Associates

Slips, trips and falls a major 

driver 

- 1/3 of Recordables

- 1/2 of DART cases
Americium / Building 245

• On Aug. 18, NIST radiation safety personnel 

discovered contamination from americium-241 

• Small glass ampoule shattered while inside lead lined 

container inside larger protective box.

• Stop work order was issued for laboratories that 

could have a similar hazard.

• Bioassay testing done on several staff with direct 

access to the contaminated room.

• Survey and mitigation efforts have been completed in 

the building.
Safety update

Personnel changes

NIST program highlights

Budget and alignment
Director 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Standards and Technology 

Chief of Staff

Associate Director for 

Laboratory Programs/ 

Principal Deputy

Associate Director for 

Innovation and Industry 

Services

Material Measurement 

Laboratory

Communications Technology 

Laboratory

Physical Measurement 

Laboratory

Engineering Laboratory

Information Technology 

Laboratory

Center for Nanoscale Science 

and Technology

NIST Center for Neutron 

Research

Associate Director for 

Management Resources

Office of Advanced 

Manufacturing

Baldrige Performance 

Excellence Program

Hollings Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership

Office of Acquisition and 

Agreements Management

Office of Safety, Health and 

Environment

Office of Financial Resource 

Management

Office of Human Resources 

Management

Office of Information Systems 

Management

Office of Facilities and 

Property Management

NIST Management Changes

Del Brockett

Associate Director for 

Management Resources

Marla Dowell

Director, Communications 

Technology Laboratory

Walter Copan

NIST Director

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Standards and Technology
Best Wishes to David Wineland

• NIST Staff Scientist from 1975-

2017 

– Recipient of National Medal of 

Science in 2007

– Recipient of 2012 Nobel Prize in 

Physics

• Accepted a position at the 

University of Oregon in Eugene
Onboarding

New onboarding program for 

new employees and 

associates 

• Two-day orientation

• Monthly half-day training events

• Various “New to NIST” follow-up 

events

Inaugural onboarding class
Safety update

Personnel changes

NIST program highlights

Budget and alignment
Highlight: Science Breakthrough

NIST/JILA Physicists Demonstrate 

three-dimensional atomic clock

- First atomic clock to reach 

precision at level of parts per 1019

- More atoms in 3D Fermi gas leads 

to better clock stability

A Fermi-degenerate three-dimensional optical lattice clock, BY S. L. CAMPBELL, R. B. HUTSON, G. E. MARTI, A. GOBAN, N. DARKWAH OPPONG, R. L. 

MCNALLY, L. SONDERHOUSE, J. M. ROBINSON, W. ZHANG, B. J. BLOOM, J. YE, SCIENCE, 06 OCT 2017 : 90-94

“We are entering a really exciting time when we 

can quantum engineer a state of matter for a 

particular measurement purpose,” 

Jun Ye, NIST Physicist/ JILA Fellow
Head Health III Winner Announced

• To spur the discovery, design, and 

development of advanced materials to 

better absorb or mitigate force within 

helmets, pads and other products that 

protect against traumatic brain injury.

• Winning Team:

– Dynamic Research, of Torrance, California, which 

specializes in applied research, development and 

consulting in areas such as vehicle safety and 

biomechanics, including the study of impacts on 

the human body, and

– 6D Helmets, of Brea, California, developers of the 

Omni-Directional Suspension,TM a headprotection technology first commercialized for 

the action sports community for use in 

motorcycle and bicycle helmets.
MEP Assistance for Harvey 

• To help recovery response to Hurricane 

Harvey, NIST provided supplemental 

support to the Texas MEP (TMAC) and 

Louisiana MEP (MEPoL). 

– 9,800 manufacturers impacted by the 

storm, representing approx $130 billion of 

Texas’ and Louisiana’s total GDP 

– Funds will help connect manufacturers 

with services to return to operations and 

get people back to work faster

– The two-year awards were issued to the 

hosts of TMAC ($2M) and MEPoL ($1M) 
Hurricane Disaster Investigation Team

• NIST deployed Preliminary 

Reconnaissance Teams to Texas and 

Florida to document damage from 

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

• Deployment was under National 

Windstorm Impact Reduction 

Program

Credit: Google

Credit: Google

Credit: NIST

Credit: NIST
Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base Executive Order

• Interagency Task Force on Executive Order

– NIST participating via Associate Director for Innovation 

and Industry Services, MEP

– Also includes U/S of Commerce for Export Administration, 

Bureau of Industry and Security, and DHS, DOE, DOL, 

OMB, and State

• Assessment led by 

– Director of WH Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy

– U/S of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

• Report due in March 2018

EO 13806, issued July 21, 2017
Cybersecurity of Federal Networks

1.c: Risk Management

Status:

May: NIST issued draft guidance on federal use of the Cybersecurity 

Framework 

August: NIST issued a draft update Security and Privacy Controls for 

Information Systems and Organizations

September: NIST issued a discussion draft update to Risk Management 

Framework for Information Systems and Organizations

Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure

2.d: Resilience Against Botnets and Other Automated, 

Distributed Threats

Status:

July: NIST issued a discussion draft update Risk Management 

Framework for Information Systems and Organizations

Plan:

Preliminary report issued for public comment in January, 

final report issued to President in May

Cybersecurity for the Nation

3.d: Workforce Development

Status:

NIST issued an RFI (July) and hosted a public workshop (August) to seek public input

Report, Supporting the Growth and Sustainment of the Nation’s Cybersecurity Workforce: Building the Foundation for a More Secure 

American Future, in clearance

Cybersecurity Executive Order

Strengthening The Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure

EO 13800, issued May 11, 2017
Cross-NIST Efforts in Cybersecurity Framework Adoption

• Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence 

Builder

– self-assessment tool to help organizations 

better understand effectiveness of their 

cybersecurity risk management efforts 

and in the context of their organizational 

objectives

• Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership

– Providing tools to support cybersecurity 

of small and medium manufacturers

NIST extramural 

programs support 

implementation of NIST 

Cybersecurity 

Framework
Redefinition of the SI

The world is on schedule for a major 

redefinition of the International 

System of Units in the Fall of 2018.

May 20, 2019 

International Metrology Day

Status of h/NA measurements shortly before the deadline 

to calculate a “world-average” number for the four 

defining constants.

Jul 2017

Oct 2017

Oct 2018 CGPM vote 

agreement goes into effect

Mar 2018 

NIST led CODATA Task Group 

for Fundamental Constants

CIPM will meet to decide 

whether to proceed

CGPM shares formal proposal 

with the Treaty Nations
NIST Impacts: Lab Programs

https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts
Telling the NIST story

New products to highlight NIST’s 

history and role

Interest from new media sharing 

NIST’s stories with a wider 

audience
Safety update

Personnel changes

NIST program highlights

Budget and alignment
Budget Update

Under Continuing 

Resolution through 

December 8, 2017

FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2018 FY 2018

Enacted Request House Mark Senate Mark

STRS $690.0 $600.0 $660.0 $695.0

Laboratory Programs 604.7 544.3 TBD TBD

Corporate Services 17.3 11.3 TBD TBD

Stds Coord & Special Pgms 68.0 44.4 TBD TBD

ITS $153.0 $21.0 $105.0 $145.0

Hollings Mfg Ext Partnership 128.0 6.0 100.0 130.0

Manufacturing USA 25.0 15.0 5.0 15.0

CRF $109.0 $104.0 $100.0 $104.0

 Construc & Major Renovations 60.0 60.0 60.0 TBD

Saf, Cap, Maint & Maj Repairs 49.0 44.0 40.0 TBD

Total, NIST Discretionary 952.0 725.0 865.0 944.0
FY2019 Administration R&D Priorities

• R&D Priority Areas

– American Military Superiority

– American Security

– American Prosperity

– American Energy Dominance

– American Health

• R&D Priority Practices

– Increasing Government Accountability and Efficiency

– Supporting Innovative Early-Stage Research

– Maximizing Interagency Coordination

• R&D Workforce and Infrastructure

– Developing a Future-Focused Workforce

– Modernizing and Managing Research Infrastructure
NIST Alignment with Administration R&D Priorities 

• American Military Superiority

– DoD/DoE metrology support, future computing, electromagnetics, 

nanoelectronics, advanced materials

• American Security

– Cybersecurity, chemical & explosives detection, nuclear forensics, public safety 

communications, standards for homeland security, biometrics

• American Prosperity

– Emerging technologies including quantum, gene editing, machine learning, 

manufacturing, advanced communications

• American Energy Dominance

– Fuels standards, Smart Grid, building efficiency, Net Zero Energy Residence

• American Health 

– Bioanalysis standards, Fentanyl detection, biopharmaceutical standards, 

synthetic biology 

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NIST has the expertise and role to support R&D priorities through our unique 

role in measurement science, standards, and technology
Program Planning

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Identify high-level priorities to 

best position NIST in 10 years

• Budget situation is uncertain

• NIST will have to make choices to 

ensure that NIST remains positioned 

to meet our mission

• We must be purposeful and focused 

in a landscape of changing funding 

priorities and evolving technical 

opportunities
Safety update

Personnel changes

NIST program highlights

Budget and alignment

Discussion