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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is increasing the sample rate at which it acquires and stores fingerprint imagery, and to accommodate the higher sample rate is replacing Wavelet Scalar...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce an effective and structured methodology for carrying out a biometric system sensitivity analysis. The goal of sensitivity analysis is to provide the...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies - Extended Feature Sets (ELFT-EFS) consists of multiple ongoing latent algorithm evaluations...

The goal of this concept paper is to articulate the rationale for why further European-U.S. collaboration on security standardization should be undertaken. In April 2010, the European Commission's...

This document represents a summary of medical and scientific evaluations conducted aboard the KC-135 from June 28, 2004 to June 27, 2005. Included is a general overview of KC-135 activities...

The threat of patens "hold up", in which patent holders demand compensation from implementers of technical standards following wide-scale adoption of those standards, has focused significant...

The NIST Handbook 150 publication series sets forth the procedures, requirements, and guidance for the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories by the National Voluntary Laboratory...

Since 1999, the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has collected, banked, and analyzed seabird eggs using established protocols to monitor chlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated...

Specifications for manufactured systems inevitably change after systems are built and delivered to customers (engineering change). This might be due to errors in the original specifications leading...

Across the nation, headlines tell the story of evidence that has been mishandled, misplaced, lost, or destroyed. Often the blame for these mishaps is directed toward property and evidence custodians...

The U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) manages thousands of federal properties, the design and construction of new buildings and the renovation of existing ones. One aspect of this mission is...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) was established in 1974 within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement an international energy programme...

The dispersion and loss of helium inside a single-car residential garage attached to a single-family house was experimentally characterized by recording time-resolved helium concentrations at...

This document provides general guidance designed to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Program Managers and other executives inside and outside of DHS. It is intended to provide...

This report presents a computational assessment of the performance of steel gravity framing systems with single-plate shear ("shear tab") connections and composite floor slabs under column loss...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) hosted the third annual Model-based Enterprise and Technical Data...

The objective of this study was to provide guidelines to quantify heat transfer characteristics of fire blocking barrier fabrics (BF) used in soft furnishings. Fundamental BF properties that...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Performance and Accountability Report presents the agency's program performance and financial management information during fiscal year 2008.Author: U. S...

Five categories of data are analyzed to enhance understanding of river-aquifer exchanges- the processes by which water moves between stream channels and the adjacent groundwater system- in the Yakima...

In 1988 Congress designated the International System of Units (SI), the metric system, as the preferred system of measurement for use in trade and commerce (15 U.S.C. 205 - 267). This publication...

This report summarizes an assessment of the risks from severe accidents in five commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. These risks are measured in a number of ways, including: the...

This document provides direction to NRC personnel for reviewing training programs at nuclear power plants to verify compliance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.120 and 10 CFR as acceptable.Author:...

NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is solely dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. NIJ provides objective, independent,...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) project is the joint effort of the National Institute of Justice, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), as well as, the Department of...

This Research Report is part of National Institute of Justice's Reducing Gun Violence publications series. Each report in the series describes the implementation and effects of an individual,...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice; and the...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the...

Sexual assault in the nation's prisons continues to be a complex problem of concern to both prison officials and policy-makers. To date, fe research studies have investigation sexual violence in...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),...

The XRY is a secure forensic software application that runs on the Windows operating system. It is designed to perform data extraction on a wide variety of mobile devices, such as smartphones, gps...