title: NIST Mechanisms for Disseminating Measurements.
abstract: The national responsibilities assigned to the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) early in the last century for providing measurement assistance and service are carried out today by the four programs that comprise the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Measurement Services (OMS). They are the Calibration Program (CP), the Standard Reference Materials Program (SRMP), the Standard Reference Data Program (SRDP), and the Weights and Measures Program (W&MP). Organized when the U.S. Congress changed the NBS name to NIST, the OMS facilitates access to the measurement and standards activities of NIST laboratories and programs through the dissemination of NIST products, data, and services. A brief historical introduction followed by a perspective of pivotal measurement developments from 1901 to the present and concluding with a look to the future of NIST measurement services in the next decade of the new millennium are presented for each OMS program.
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, USA.
authors: T E
authors: TE
authors: Gills
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, USA.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Dittman
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, USA.
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Rumble
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, USA.
authors: C S
authors: CS
authors: Brickenkamp
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, USA.
authors: G L
authors: GL
authors: Harris
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, USA.
authors: N M
authors: NM
authors: Trahey
keywords: SRM®; calibrations; certified reference materials; commerce and trade; critically evaluated data; legal metrology; measurement systems; standard reference data; traceability; weights and measures