NIST LINKS TO STATE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LABS IN NEW MEASURENET-GOV

From: Regulatory Intelligence Data | Date: January 21, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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Consumers and businesses can look forward to improved accuracy in the system of weights and measures thanks to MEASUREnet-gov, a new effort at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

MEASUREnet-gov is an Internet-enabled, interactive system intended to support training and collaborative work between NIST and state weights and measures laboratories.

U.S. industry relies on the state weights and measures laboratories to calibrate standards for a variety of processes from manufacturing pharmaceuticals to filling cereal boxes. State laboratories provide ...

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