National Technical Information Service Administration

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 131

carries out its mission through the NIST

laboratories, which conduct research

to advance the U.S. technological

infrastructure; the Baldrige National

Quality Program, which helps U.S.

businesses and other organizations

improve the performance and quality

of their operations; the Hollings

Manufacturing Extension Partnership,

which helps smaller f‌irms adopt new

manufacturing and management

technologies; and the Technology

Innovative Program, which provides

cost-shared awards to industry and other

institutions for high-risk, high-reward

research in areas of critical national need.

Sources of Information

Publications Journal of Research;

Publications of the Advanced Technology

Program and Manufacturing Extension

Partnership Program; Handbook of

Mathematical Functions; Experimental

Statistics; International System of Units

(SI); Standard Reference Materials

Catalog; Specif‌ications, Tolerances,

and Other Technical Requirements

for Weighing and Measuring Devices

Handbook; and Uniform Laws and

Regulations Handbook are available from

the Government Printing Off‌ice.

For further information, contact the National Institute of Standards and Technology,100 Bureau Drive,

Gaithersburg, MD. Phone, 301–975–6478. Fax, 301–926–1630. Email, inquiries@nist.gov. Internet, http://

www.nist.gov.

National Technical Information Service Administration

5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312

Phone, 703–605–6050; 888–584–8332. Internet, http://www.ntis.gov.

Director BRUCE BORZINO

Deputy Director (VACANCY)

Chief Financial Off‌icer MARY HOUFF

Chief Information Off‌icer KEITH SINNER

The National Technical Information

Service (NTIS) operates a central

clearinghouse of scientif‌ic and technical

information that is useful to U.S. business

and industry. NTIS collects scientif‌ic and

technical information; catalogs, abstracts,

indexes, and permanently archives the

information; disseminates products in

the forms and formats most useful to

its customers; develops electronic and

other media to disseminate information;

and provides information processing

services to other Federal agencies. NTIS

receives no appropriations. Its revenue

comes from two sources: the sale of

technical reports to business and industry,

schools and universities, State and local

government off‌ices, and the public

at large and from services to Federal

agencies that help them communicate

more effectively with their employees

and constituents.

The NTIS collection of

approximately 2.5 million works

covers a broad array of subjects

and includes reports on the results

of research and development and

scientific studies on manufacturing

processes, current events, and

foreign and domestic trade; business

and management studies; social,

economic, and trade statistics;

computer software and databases;

health care reports, manuals, and

data; environmental handbooks,

regulations, economic studies, and

applied technologies; directories

to Federal laboratory and technical

resources; and global competitive

intelligence. The collection also

includes audiovisual training

materials in such areas as foreign

languages, workplace safety and

health, law enforcement, and fire

services.

The NTIS Bibliographic Database is

available online through commercial vendors

and on CD–ROM from NTIS. Database