The Future Role And Mission Of The National Bureau Of Standards PDF Download

Excerpt from The Future Role and Mission of the National Bureau of Standards: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session; October 1, 2, 1985 Given the proper resources, certainly the National Bureau of Standards can make a substantial contribution to this country's ef forts to increase productivity and to achieve a higher level of indus trial innovation. And yet, we have to understand that it cannot be all things to all people. We plan to ask witnesses for their views on the Bureau's prior ities and on the Bureau's current ability to attain the role that has been staked out for it in the past, as well as for their comments and recommendations on any policy or programming or budgetary changes which should be made to enable nbs to continue to con tribute to the health and the strength of the country's future. With that, let me recognize the ranking minority member on the subcommittee, Congressman Boehlert, for any comment he may wish to make. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.