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Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Agency overview
Formed March 3, 1901; 118 years ago (as National Bureau of Standards), became NIST in 1988
Headquarters Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
39°07′59″N 77°13′25″W
Employees 2900
Annual budget $1.2 billion (2018)[1]
Agency executive
Walter Copan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of NIST
Parent agency Department of Commerce
Website www.nist.gov
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a physical sciences laboratory, and a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is to promote innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into laboratory programs that include nanoscale science and technology, engineering, information technology, neutron research, material measurement, and physical measurement.