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NIST Update and Agenda Review

VCAT Meeting: June 7, 2016, Gaithersburg, MD

Willie E. May

Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director
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Topics: NIST Update and Agenda Review

• Safety and Site Security 

• Update on Director’s Priorities

• Budget Status 

• Research and Program Highlights

• Agenda Review
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Data shown is 

to June 1, 2016

Recordable case (RC)

• To a first approximation, a work-related 

injury or illness that results in any of the 

following: death, days away from work, 

restricted duty, transfer to another job, 

medical treatment beyond first aid, loss 

of consciousness. 

DART case

• A work-related injury or illness that 

results in any of the following: Days 

Away from work, Restricted duty, 

Transfer to another job. 

Goal = Zero

Safety Update

NIST Safety Incident Metrics

Projected 

number of 

cases for FY16
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Event that led to injury

Number of 

"injury" incidents 

reported in IRIS for 

this type of event

Number of "injury" 

incidents reported in IRIS for 

this type of event which are 

OSHA recordables

% of "injury" incidents 

reported in IRIS for this 

type of event which are 

OSHA recordables

% of all OSHA 

recordables which 

are due to this type 

of event

Slips, trips, and falls 22 6 27% 40%

Overexertion 6 4 67% 27%

Struck by 7 2 29% 13%

Vehicle-vehicle accident 1 1 100% 7%

Debris in eye 1 1 100% 7%

Struck against 3 1 33% 7%

Caught in or compressed 4 0 0% 0%

Bodily condition (ergonomics) 2 0 0% 0%

Chemical exposure 1 0 0% 0%

Contact with 1 0 0% 0%

Rubbed against 1 0 0% 0%

49 15 31%

Does not include 4 illnesses that are OSHA recordables

Data shown is to June 1, 2016

FY16 OSHA Recordable Cases that are Injuries by Event
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Security: Building 236 Incident

~7:00 pm Saturday, July 18, an explosion occurred in 

a laboratory room in Bldg. 236, Gaithersburg 

campus.. 

• A member of the NIST security force assigned to the 

Gaithersburg campus suffered non-life threatening injuries,

• The NIST Police and Fire Departments responded and due 

to the presence of what appeared to be meth manufacturing 

evidence requested the assistance of the Montgomery 

County Police and Fire Departments. 

• The officer resigned from Federal Service, effective July 19. 

• Former Officer pleaded guilty on Aug. 21, 2015 to attempting 

to manufacture amphetamine in a NIST laboratory

• Former Officer Christopher Bartley was sentenced on 

January 8, 2016 in Federal Court to 41 months of prison 

time 

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Special Projects Bldg. 236

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended 

the FBI, DEA and Montgomery County Police Department for their work in the investigation, and 

praised NIST for their assistance in the investigation. 
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Building 236 Incident: NIST Actions in Response

• Immediately following the incident, open NIST Staff access to Building 236 

was restricted until further notice and we began reviewing NIST security 

patrol procedures. 

• Extended invitations to 3 external security experts with specific 

experience in protecting a research campus to conduct independent 

reviews of NIST’s current security posture (both campuses).

̶ David S. Komendat, Boeing Senior VP and Chief Security Officer

̶ William C. Cullen, NIH Associate Director for Security & Emergency Response

̶ Nicholas M. Schnare, Department of Commerce Assistant Director for Security 

and Emergency Management

House Science Committee is continuing its investigation of this incident 

as well as NIST Security writ large
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High Level Security Improvement Themes from External Security Experts 

Authorities

 There was no firm evidence found that clearly articulated NIST senior management’s authority and responsibility to 

assure the security of NIST facilities, people, property and assets

Culture

 The NIST corporate culture is not amenable to strengthening security measures at either location (Gaithersburg or 

Boulder) in any way that would further reduce the collegial atmosphere conducive to science. Security policies are seen as a

hindrance to NIST’s need to be open to industry and academia.

Risk

 There is no designated official who is responsible for accepting risk on behalf of NIST in the security area. The 

decision to accept risk is one that should not be taken lightly and subsequently is generally reserved for those officials with 

overall responsibility for an organization. NIST does not have a robust program for identifying and mitigating security risks

Organization

 NIST’s current organizational structure limits the effectiveness of the security program. The security organization is 

bifurcated and located too low in the organizational structure for security leaders to carry out their mission effectively. The

daily operational environment at NIST does not appear to warrant both a security and a law enforcement cadre.

Resources

 Security resources at NIST (staffing, services, equipment and systems) are undersized for the breadth of 

responsibility of the program. In many instances functional areas of security are only one deep, creating single points of 

failure.

Strategic Planning

 There is no long term security management strategy/sustainment plan in place for NIST. A comprehensive plan should 

identify key threats/risks and those capital investments necessary to sustain and improve the NIST security infrastructure. 
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NIST was already planning critical steps to enhance security at its facilities 

• Physical Security Improvements include: 

• providing expanded coverage of the sites via CCTV cameras

• installation of cypher locks for individual labs within Lab Buildings 

• improvements to both visitor registration and associate systems; 

• improving visitor control points at key access points located in the 

Building 101 complex 

• IT Improvements include:

• critical IT network security equipment upgrades; 

• expanding staff and equipment resources for privileged access 

management at the system-to-system level; 

• inclusion of federal, contract, associate, and international associate 

indicators within the display name of all NIST email accounts (ex. 

john.doe (intlassoc)@nist.gov)

• Foreign Guest Workers:

• NIST and the DoC Office of Security (OSY) are working with the DoC 

Office of the Inspector General to review NIST Foreign Guest 

Researcher program.

Security Turnstiles for access 

control to lab buildings adjacent 

to Bldg. 101 in Gaithersburg
Unauthorized Access Incident in Boulder, April 16, 2016

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• At approximately 5:30 a.m. Mountain Time Saturday April 16, 

2016 a white male in his mid 30's was found wandering in 

Bldg. 81 in Boulder (the Katharine Blodgett Gebbie Laboratory) 

by a DOC Police officer responding to a fire alarm. 

− The individual had no identification and was not an authorized 

user of the laboratory. 

− As he was being questioned, the individual stated that he was 

feeling ill and started to become incoherent. 

− An ambulance was requested and the individual was transported 

to the hospital. 

• An initial review of the toxic gas monitoring system and video 

system recordings in the Bldg. 81 cleanroom did not indicate 

any release of or exposure to chemicals.

• DOC Police (and Federal Protective Service) have investigated, 

charged the intruder with trespassing on Federal Property. 

The charge is still open.

− Trespasser likely gained entrance from an open 5th story window 

and had access to Buildings 1 and 81 for 5-6 hours. 
Planned Steps to Enhance Security at the Boulder Campus

Short Term

• Immediately dispatched the Associate Director for Laboratory Programs to Boulder 

to meet with Division Chiefs to discuss plans for enhancing building and site 

security there

• Explore options for improving perimeter security, including but not limited to 

erecting perimeter fence 

• Shore up surveillance around the site—especially construction site scaffolding

• Require staff vigilance with respect to keeping doors and windows closed during off 

hours

• Require PIV Card use for entrance to buildings (not just PIN)

Longer Term

• Execute Enhanced NIST Site Security Plan
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Overall NIST Security Improvement Actions to Date

• Authorities

o Initial steps taken to define the scope of NIST/DOC security functions and clarify reporting lines

• Culture

o The NIST Director is leading the needed security culture change at NIST

• Risk Reviews

o High level review of external security assessment and recent ATRA reports completed, with 

recommendations for action

• Organization

o NIST security function realigned to the same level as safety in the NIST reporting structure

o Efforts underway to improve communication/coordination among NIST security, emergency 

management and safety functions 

• Resources

o $1.62M of additional investments in security staffing and equipment/system upgrades allocated for 

FY16

• Strategic Planning

o NIST and OSY collaborating on both short term and longer term security program changes 
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Topics: NIST Update and Agenda Review

• Safety and Site Security 

• Update on Director’s Priorities

• Budget Status 

• Research and Program Highlights

• Agenda Review
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Priorities Shared with VCAT in June 2014

• Fill key senior leadership vacancies (Directors of: PML, EL, MEP, SCO, AMNPO, and 

ADLP) 

• Work with the Senior Leadership Team in: 

– Continuing to strengthen the NIST Safety (and Security) Culture 

– Completing the successful implementation of new NIST Technical programs initiated in response to 

pressing national needs 

– Enhancing current and developing new capabilities needed to enhance mission delivery

– Strengthening the MEP Program

– Addressing long-term sustainability of the Baldrige Program

– Supporting the Secretary by leading the Innovation Goal Activities within the Department’s 

Strategic Plan

– Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our internal operations 

– Increasing staff engagement in the direction and implementation of NIST programs and priorities
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Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Why Hosted by NIST?

NIST

Advancing 

excellence in 

measurement 

science, standards, 

and technology

Baldrige 

Performance 

Excellence 

Program: Promoting 

Performance 

Excellence and 

Quality Achievement

NIST Laboratories: 

Advancing the 

Nation’s 

Technological 

Infrastructure

Manufacturing 

Extension 

Partnership: 

Enhancing U.S. 

Manufacturing 

Competitiveness

 Legislation: Original authorizing legislation for the MEP program emphasized the 

transfer of advanced technologies developed within NIST and other federal 

laboratories

 To enhance the productivity and technological performance of U.S. Manufacturing

 Expertise in utilizing a national network to work directly with smaller manufacturers
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Strengthening and Increasing the Value of the MEP

• Increasing efforts to expose MEP network to cutting edge research ongoing 

at NIST and other National Laboratories.

• Embedding MEP center personnel in existing Institutes within the NNMI 

network to facilitate tech transfer

• Working with NIST Technology Partnerships Office to create five regional 

Technology Collaboratives positioned to identify and assess technologies 

resulting from federal R&D investments for small and mid-sized 

manufacturers 
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MEP State Competitions Update

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Round 1 Competition in 10 states (COMPLETED):

 Awards announced February 23, 2015; Start date July 1, 2015

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

 Award Kick-Off Meeting – conducted July 28-30, 2015

Round 2 Competition in 12 states (COMPLETED)

 Competition announced March 2, 2015 

 Awards announced September 21, 2015 and November 13, 2015; Start date 

January 1, 2016

– AK, ID, IL, MN, NJ, NY,OK, WA, WV, WI

– OH/UT did not result in a successful award (being competed in Round 3)

 Award Kick-Off Meeting – conducted January 20-21, 2016

Round 3 Competition in 12 States and Puerto Rico (In Progress):

 Publication of FFO – January 27, 2016 (Closed April 25, 2016)

– AL, AR, CA, GA, LA, MA, MO, MT, OH, PA, PR, UT and VT

 Anticipated Start Date of Awards – October 2016

 Award Kick-Off Meeting – targeted for late October 2016

Round 4 Competition for 11 States:

 Anticipated publication of FFO – July 2016 

– DE, HI, IA, KS, ME, MS, NV, NM, ND, SC, and WY

 Anticipated Start Date of Awards – April 2017

 Award Kick-Off Meeting – targeted for late April 2017

In 2014, NIST initiated a carefully planned, systematic, multi-year recompetition of the national system of 

Centers.

̶ Objective: Optimize the impact of the Federal investment on U.S. manufacturing and to allocate 

additional funds to areas with higher concentrations of manufacturers.

̶ Goal: Complete competition of the entire 50 State (plus Puerto Rico) national network over three years 

(by end of 2017)
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Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

A 28 year old public-private partnership to improve the 

performance and competitiveness of organizations in the US.

Establish the standard of excellence: Baldrige Criteria

Identify role model organizations: Baldrige Award

Foster use of the standard and share best practices

Executive development: Baldrige Fellows Program

Non-Award based assessments and tools

Provide educational conferences 

Social media, training programs, and workshops

Broaden scope: Cybersecurity and Communities

Purpose

Legacy Functions

New Initiatives
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Addressing long-term sustainability of the Baldrige Program

Baldrige Program: 

 No longer supported by congressionally-appropriated funds.

 Currently supported by:

– Funds from the Baldrige Foundation 

– Funds received for services rendered to external customers

• Consultations with individual customers

• Sale of criteria documents etc.

 Discussions with industry, OMB, and NIST’s Applied Cybersecurity Division 

concerning development of a Baldrige-based cybersecurity assessment 

tool/program

 We are investigating the possibility of restoring appropriation for the program

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Topics: NIST Update and Agenda Review

• Safety and Site Security 

• Update on Director’s Priorities

• Budget Status 

• Research and Program Highlights

• Agenda Review
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NIST (NBS) established in 1901

House Committee on Coinage, 

Weights and Measures ... on the 

establishment of the National 

Bureau of Standards (now NIST)

May 3, 1900

Organic Act of 1901; Updated in 2008

Functions and activities of the Institute include:

• custody and dissemination of national standards

o comparison of US national standards with those of other nations

• determination of physical constants and the properties of materials, 

• solutions to measurement and standards problems of other government 

agencies

• providing (Innovation) assistance to industry

NMI’s Around the World are Working together 

to link our global measurement system to the fundamental constants of nature

Rigorous realization of these 

units has provided undeniable 

impact on U.S. trade, 

commerce, and quality of life
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TIME

Record-setting Atomic Clock

NIST/JILA’s strontium lattice atomic clock, 

accurate to:

1 second in 15 billion years 

Why this level of Precision Matters:

Electric power grid requires:

synchronization to about 1 millionth of a 

second per day

Modern telecommunications and 

computer network systems require: 

synchronization to about 1 millionth of a 

second per day

GPS system requires:

synchronization to about 1 billionth of a 

second per day. 

NIST official time is used to time-stamp 

hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S. 

financial transactions each working day.

Leading the world in the realization of international system of units
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MASS

Physical kilogram artifact (1889)

Redefining mass from a physical 

artifact to a constant of nature by 2018.

Working with other national metrology 

institutes around the world, NIST 

researchers are carefully measuring 

Planck’s constant so that it can be 

the cornerstone of a new, improved 

International System of Units. 

Electronic kilogram (2018)

Int. Avogadro Project

Redefining the international system of units
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Makeover of NIST’s 4.45-Million Newton Deadweight Machine

• NIST’s 4.45-million newton (equivalent to one million pounds-force) 

deadweight machine – the largest in the world – is back in one piece after 

a colossal 16-month overhaul of the system – the first time in 50 years.

• The year-and-a-half-long saga involved dismantling, cleaning, restoring, 

and recalibrating about half of the stainless steel discs in the three-story 

stack of weights. It marked the first time the device had been taken apart 

since its original installation in 1965. 

• Forces realized by all the deadweights in the machine before and after 

restoration have remained in agreement as shown by repeated 

measurements performed with a precision referee force transducer over 

the past 15 years. 

NIST’s fully assembled 

deadweight machine. Customers who rely on this unique machine include US aerospace 

manufacturers, US military laboratories, and several top-end 

commercial force calibration labs, who have performed hundreds or 

thousands of calibrations, all directly traceable to NIST.
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• In addition to the realization and dissemination of the more traditional National Physical 

Measurement Standards

• We are focusing a significant portion of our research and measurement services 

budget on addressing contemporary societal needs. E.g., in areas like

• Advanced communications

• Advanced manufacturing

• Advanced materials

• Bioscience and Health

• Climate assessment

• Cyber-physical systems

• Cybersecurity

• Disaster resilience

• Forensic science

• Quantum science

NIST has become:

• a key player on the Administration’s 

Innovation Team 

• the nation’s go-to agency for 

measurements, standards, and 

technology 
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NIST Budget ($M): FY2006 – FY2016

$ M

NIST STRS

$964M

$690M

NIST Topline

$383M

$752M
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Base Growth by Focus Area (2006-2016) $M

Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (includes Nanotechnology & Biomanuf.) + 86.5

IT R&D and Cybersecurity + 70.9

Physical Infrastructure and Resilience (including CPS) + 25.8

Greenhouse Gas Measurements + 19.5

Renewable Energy + 19.5

Quantum Science + 15.7

NIST Centers of Excellence Program + 15.0 

Advanced Communications + 14.0

Bioscience and Health (does not include Biomanufacturing) + 12.5

Measurement Science, General + 10.0

Neutron Science + 11.8

Forensic Science + 8.5

STEM Activities + 3.0 
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FY2016 Budget

FY2016 

Enacted

STRS $690.0 M

ITS $155.0 M

CRF $119.0 M

Total: NIST Discretionary $970.0 M

 $-

 $2.0

 $4.0

 $6.0

 $8.0

 $10.0

 $12.0 FY2016 Mandated Program Obligations

FY16 Increase Reprogramming

M

M

M

M

M

M

Total Program Obligations: $39.0 M

Total Reprogramming: $21.5 M

Major Changes

• STRS: New mandatory obligations include 

Resilience Grants, Urban Dome, & Additive 

Manufacturing Grants

• ITS: NNMI (+$25.0 M) funds 1 institute & 

coordination

• CRF: Bldg. 245 renovation (+$60.0M); 

Boulder Bldg. 1 and 3 (+$15.0 M)

Urban

Dome

Adv. 

Materials

Quantum Disaster 

Resilience

Additive

Manufacturing

Crypto & 

Privacy
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% of New NIST STRS Funds 

Fiscal Year

Going To External Activities

2012 2013 2014 2015

0

10

20

30

40

50

2016

Percentage of NIST STRS Increase Going to 

Convening or External Partnerships

Over the past several years about 1/3 of new appropriations to the NIST labs 

have gone to support external partnerships and convening functions.
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Flat or reduced

President’s Request (+$50.5M)

• Grow key laboratory programs: 

• Future Computing (+13.6 M)

• Ensuring Neutron Facility (+4.8 M) 

• Biomanufacturing (+2.0 M)

• Advanced Sensing for Manufacturing (+2.0 M)

• Advanced Communications (+2.0 M)

• Lab to Market (+2.0M) 

• Continue renovations of Building 245 and Boulder Labs (-$24.0 M)

• Grow NNMI (+22.0M) and MEP (+12.0 M)

Senate Mark (+$10.0 M)

• Funds biomanufacturing initiative

• Increases funding for cybersecurity R&D

• Directs NIST to give grants in Disaster Resilience and Additive Manufacturing

• Encourages NIST to create a spectrum challenge prize and multidisciplinary program in cybersecurity

House Mark (-$99.0 M)

• Eliminates funding for Urban Dome, Lab to Market, and Forensic Science Advisory Committees

• Reduces NNMI funding to program coordination only 

• Reduces Construction and Renovation funding 

• Halts Building 245 & Boulder renovations

• Reduces Safety, Capacity, Maintenance and Repairs (SCMMR) funding baseline 

FY2017 Budget (total) FY 2016

Enacted

President’s 

Request

Senate 

Mark

House

Mark

$964.0 M $1014.5 M $974.0 M $865.0 M
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NIST Centers of Excellence (green)

• National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence – Mitre, 22 high-tech companies, Univ. of MD System

• Center for Hierarchical Materials Design – Northwestern University/ Univ. of Chicago

• Center for Statistical Applications in Forensic Science -- Iowa State University

• Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning – Colorado State University

Leveraging the nation’s best experts in a range of S&T fields

NIST Joint Institutes (red)

• JILA – CO

• Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research – MD

• Hollings Marine Laboratory – SC

• Joint Quantum Institute – MD

• Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer 

Science – MD

• Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology – CA
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Accelerating the deployment and use of secure, standards-based technologies 

History/Background

• Established in Feb. 2012 by NIST, Montgomery County and the State of Maryland & 22 industry 

partners in IBBR space

• First Federally Funded R&D Center for Commerce and First Dedicated to Cybersecurity; Sept. 

2014

• New NIST Special Publication Series Launched for Cybersecurity Practice Guides in 2015

New Facility Opened for Business – December 2015

• Located ~3 miles from NIST Gaithersburg Campus, 9700 Great Seneca Hwy, Rockville, MD

• The additional 60,000 square feet expands the center’s workspace from 

4 to 22 separate, flexible laboratories

• Ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 8, 2016 

New NCCoE Facility 

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

Current areas of research and development:

• Health Care – Security platforms for wireless medical infusion pumps

• Energy – Identity and access management central management for IT and operational resources

• Transportation – Cybersecurity profile for bulk liquid transport

• Financial Services – IT asset management to support making software changes and network breaches more 

easily identifiable

• Attribute Based Access Controls – Capability to support controlled access by an individual’s attributes rather 

than their role.

• Trusted Email – Security platform that provides trustworthy email exchanges across organizational boundaries
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Center of Excellence: Advanced Materials

Center for Hierarchical Materials Design ( )

• To accelerate materials discovery and development using 

data science, computation, and experiment

• Competitively selected from among 28 Applicant teams

• U. Chicago, Northwestern, Argonne, Fayetteville State, 

QuesTek, ASM.

• $5M/yr for 5 years starting CY 2014

• 36 PIs, 34 Postdoctoral Fellows, 38 Graduate Students, 

40 NIST collaborators

• Eight Use Cases with NIST & CHiMaD

combinatorial alloy testing

11/15 CHiMaD-NIST

Joint Symposium

2D electronics organic 

photovoltaics
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Center of Excellence: 

Forensic Science

• Competitively selected from among 14 Applicant teams

• Iowa State, Carnegie Mellon, University of California at Irvine, and University of 

Virginia

• $4M/yr for 5 years starting in spring 2015

CSAFE will focus on the following objectives:

• Develop and apply statistical methods to pattern evidence, including latent prints, handwriting, tool marks, 

computer and information systems, social media, and GPS

• Develop, in collaboration with NIST scientists, new methods for forensic evidence

• Develop new inference techniques that account for various sources of uncertainty

• Establish a sound base of interpretation for forensic evidence in judicial settings

• Educate and train forensic practitioners, judges and attorneys, and the next generation of statisticians

Kickoff Meeting held 

October 26-27, 2015 in Ames, IA
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Center of Excellence: Community Resilience

Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning

 To develop system-level models and databases for community 

resilience

 Competitively selected from among 28 Applicant teams

 10 academic institutions lead by Colorado State University

 $4M/yr for 5 years starting spring 2015

 90 individuals working on 45 distinct tasks 

 Year 1 - Developing modeling environment

 Year 2 - Extending modeling environment to include other hazards, 

and add social and economic impacts 
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Topics: NIST Update and Agenda Review

• Safety and Site Security 

• Update on Director’s Priorities

• Budget Status 

• Research and Program Highlights

• Agenda Review
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Examples of Recent Scientific Breakthroughs

NIST Team Proves ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ is Really Real

http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/20151105loophole.cfm

Multilingual Circuit: NIST’s “Optomechanical Transducer” Links Sound, Light and Radio waves

http://nist.gov/cnst/nists-optomechanical-transducer-links-sound-light-and-radio-waves.cfm

DNA-Encoded Circuits Made Easier, Faster, and More Measurable

http://nist.gov/mml/bbd/dna-encoded-circuits-made-easier-faster-and-more-measurable.cfm

MOF (metal-organic frameworks), SIFSIX, modeled/developed to separate impurities from materials at 

levels needed in manufacturing such as in plastics where high purity ethylene is needed to make polyethylene

A Crack in the Mystery of ‘Oobleck’—Friction Thickens Fluids

http://www.nist.gov/mml/msed/a-crack-in-the-mystery-of-oobleck-friction-thickens-fluids.cfm

Optical Clocks Synched to Femtoseconds -- Through the Air

http://nist.gov/pml/div686/grp07/optical-clocks-synched-to-femtoseconds-over-air.cfm

NIST Team Breaks Distance Record for Quantum Teleportation, useful in both quantum 

communications and quantum computing (>100 km of Optical Fiber material that offers more flexibility for 

network design than other materials)

http://www.nist.gov/pml/nist-team-breaks-distance-record-for-quantum-teleportation.cfm
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Topics: NIST Update and Agenda Review

• Safety and Site Security 

• Update on Director’s Priorities

• Budget Status 

• Research and Program Highlights

• Agenda Review
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VCAT Meeting Agenda: June 7-8, 2016

June 7, 2016

NIST Update & Safety

8:30 Call to Order: Rita Colwell, Chair, VCAT

8:35 NIST Update and Agenda Review: Willie E. May, Director

9:05 Discussion

9:20 Safety Update: Rich Kayser, Chief Safety Officer 

9:40 Discussion

9:50 Break

10:00 Updates on Major Programs 

10:00 Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity – Kiersten Todt, Executive Director, 

Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity

10:25 Forensic Science – Rich Cavanagh, Director, Special Programs Office

10:50 National Network for Manufacturing Innovation – Mike Molnar, Director, Advanced 

Manufacturing Program Office
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VCAT Meeting Agenda - continued

Achieving Balance in NIST Laboratory Programs

11:15 Setting the Context: Kent Rochford, Associate Director of Laboratory Programs

11:45 Discussion

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Stakeholder Perspectives: Stakeholder Panel

Bob Doering – Research Manager, Technology and Manufacturing Group, Texas Instruments

Andy McMillan – President and Managing Director, BACnet International

Roger Peniche – Director of Worldwide Engineering and Product Innovation, Fluke Calibration

Gail Folena-Wasserman – Senior Vice President, Biopharmaceutical Development, MedImmune

2:15 Case Studies

2:15 Smart Grid – Dave Wollman, Deputy Director, Smart Grid & Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office, EL

2:45 Cybersecurity Framework – Kevin Stine, Chief, Applied Cybersecurity Division, ITL

3:15 5G Wireless – Nada Golmie, Chief, Wireless Networks Division, CTL

3:45 Break

4:00 Lab Director Panel 

Jim Olthoff – Director, Physical Measurement Laboratory

Laurie Locascio – Director, Material Measurement Laboratory

Howard Harary – Director, Engineering Laboratory

Chuck Romine – Director, Information Technology Laboratory

5:30 Adjourn; Informal Reception at NIST
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VCAT Meeting Agenda - continued

June 8, 2016

NIST Security Posture – Closed Session

8:30 Closed Session 

10:20 Break

National Strategic Computing Initiative

10:30 Call to Order

10:30 Overview of NSCI and NIST’s role: Carl Williams, Deputy Director, PML

11:15 Discussion

Wrap up

11:30 Wrap up and Next Steps: Rita Colwell

12:00 Public Comments

12:30 Adjourn