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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) are pleased to announce the return of the Safeguarding Health

The grants of roughly $200,000 each will go to organizations that are working to address the nation’s shortage of skilled cybersecurity employees.

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-50r1 (Revision 1), Building a Cybersecurity and Privacy Learning Program, provides updated guidance for developing and managing a robust cybersecurity and privacy learning program in the Federal Government. This

The Smart Connected Systems Division of NIST is launching a research project to define technology applications, analyses, key performance indicators, and decision systems for public safety planning to more effectively respond to and recover from

The guidance aims to ensure security, privacy and accessibility during the identity-proofing process for people accessing government services.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory (EL) Materials and Structural Systems Division (MSSD) studies the durability and service life of infrastructure materials (polymer, concrete, engineered composites) for

Time to Start Planning! Cybersecurity Career Week October 14-19, 2024 nist.gov/nice/ccw #ChooseCyber Cybersecurity Career Week is a campaign to promote the discovery of cybersecurity careers and share resources that increase the understanding of

NIST is encouraging computer system administrators to begin transitioning to the new standards as soon as possible.

The presentation slides are available here. Provide event feedback here. Speakers: Kristi Rice Teacher Spotsylvania High School 2021 Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award Winner View nomination packet Donna Woods CTE Cyber Pathway Instructor

NIST researchers from the Communications Technology Laboratory's Smart Connected Systems Division recently hosted representatives from the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), one of 51 NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)

Felipe Valdez is someone who took advantage of every possible opportunity at NASA, working his way from undergraduate intern to his current job as a flight controls engineer.  Born in the United States but raised in Mexico, Valdez faced significant challenges […]

Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 This blogger is in the United Kingdom, just north of London, where we yesterday had beautiful night skies with a red aurora that was even visible with the unaided eye, and looked stunning on […]

Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter’s moon Europa. In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated to […]

While in Milan for international meetings, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was among the witnesses as Estonia signed the Artemis Accords and became the 45th nation to join the United States and other signatories agreeing to the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration […]

Lee esta historia en español aquí. Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn’t imagine that one day she would work at NASA. Today, she serves as technical project coordinator at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, supporting its Aeronautics Research […]

Read this story in English here. Al crecer en Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Díaz no imaginó que algún día trabajaría en la NASA. En la actualidad, se desempeña como coordinadora de proyectos técnicos en el Centro de Investigación Langley de la NASA […]

With a spacecraft launching soon, the mission will try to answer the question of whether there are ingredients suitable for life in the ocean below Europa’s icy crust. Deep down, in an ocean beneath its ice shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa might […]

In the wake of Hurricane Milton, NASA is deploying resources to support Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and state emergency management agencies to aid their response effort including satellite and aerial data collection. The agency’s Disasters Response Coordination System and Airborne […]

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 Curiosity is continuing to make good progress downhill along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, allowing us to take another look from a different perspective at this area we’ve spent many months […]

The Next Full Moon is a Supermoon; the Hunter’s Moon; the Travel Moon, the Dying Grass Moon, or the Sanguine or Blood Moon; the start of Sukkoth; Sharad Purnima, Kumara Purnima, Kojagari Purnima, Navanna Purnima Kojagrat Purnima, or Kaumudi Purnima; the […]