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April 16, 2007
Russian National Standards Body Signs MOU with ASTM Int'l
The national standards body of Russia signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ASTM International. ... more
April 16, 2007
Water Environment Federation Releases TMDL Tool Kit
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) released a new tool kit for third-party total maximum daily loads (TMDLs). ... more
April 16, 2007
Office Open XML Reaches Next Step in ISO/IEC Process
Ecma International's ECMA 376 - Office Open eXtensible Markup Language (XML) will move to the next phase of the International Organization for ... more
April 16, 2007
CHEMTREC Launches Programs to Benefit Rail Safety, First Responders
The Chemical Transportation Emergency Center (CHEMTREC) is working on an initiative to benefit rail safety and is also working on a program to ... more
April 13, 2007
NIST: Atomic Clock Signals May Be Best Shared by Fiber Optics
Time and frequency information can be transferred between laboratories or to other users in several ways, often using the global positioning ... more
April 13, 2007
Frost: R&D Critical for Survival in Machine Vision, X-Ray Inspection Equipment Market
Significant investments in R&D greatly influence the machine vision and X-ray inspection markets. ... more
April 12, 2007
IEEE to Reconstitute Voting Equipment Standards Committee
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) is reconstituting IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee ... more
April 12, 2007
IPCC Report Supports EU Goal to Limit Global Warming
According to the European Commission (EC), the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides further backing for ... more
April 12, 2007
ANSI Needs Comments on Proposal for Secondhand Goods Standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Management Board's (TMB) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on second-hand goods ... more
April 10, 2007
ASHRAE to Certify Health Care Design Professionals
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) launched a program to certify health care facility design ... more
April 10, 2007
U.K. HSC Backs New Approach to Worker Involvement
The U.K. Health and Safety Commission (HSC) endorsed the value of consulting and involving workers in improving health and safety performance, ... more
April 10, 2007
IEC Releases Safety Requirements for Electromedical Equipment - IEC 60601-1-2
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) released the latest edition of IEC 60601-1-2 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General ... more
April 10, 2007
ASHRAE Funds Operating Room Air Distribution Research
Given that research indicates that about 700,000 cases of surgical site infections occur each year - which can lead to time away from work, degraded ... more
April 10, 2007
NASA Investigates How Airborne Particles Affect Climate Change
The NASA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment study linked natural and human-made aerosol particles to how much the Earth warms or ... more
April 10, 2007
DHS Adopts NFPA First Responder Personal Protective Equipment Standards
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adopted eight National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) first responder personal protective ... more
April 10, 2007
OSHA Offers Regulatory Flexibility Act Review of Excavation Standard
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is making available the "look-back" study for OSHA's construction ... more
April 10, 2007
European Organisation for Security Launches
A group of European participants in the security sector announced plans to launch the European Organisation for Security (EOS). ... more
April 9, 2007
Frost: Growing Need for Continuous Power Sustains Demand for Generator Sets in Australia, New Zealand, S.E. Asia
The strong presence of energy-intensive industries, such as manufacturing, mining, processing and data centers is likely to propel demand for ... more
April 9, 2007
WS-I Publishes Basic Security Profile - WS-I BSP 1.0
The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) published the WS-I Basic Security Profile (BSP) 1.0 as final material for public access. ... more
April 9, 2007
Frost: Demand from EU Accession Countries Drives Expansion of Euro Centrifugal Pumps Markets
The recent accession of several Eastern European countries to the European Union (EU) is the most significant driver in the European centrifugal ... more
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