Technology & Engineering

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) opened a public competition on November 2, 2007, to develop a new cryptographic hash algorithm - SHA-3, which will augment the hash...

This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer, a software tool that generates a spreadsheet from a STEP (ISO 10303 - informally known as the STandard for Exchange of Product model data)...

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program is a biometrically-enhanced identification system primarily situated at...

This publication describes cryptographic methods that are approved for "key wrapping," i.e., the protection of the confidentiality and integrity of cryptographic keys. In addition to describing...

Cryptography is often used in an information technology security environment to protect data that is sensitive, has a high value, or is vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure or undetected...

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...

In all the test cases run against Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) Version 1.0.7, all visible sectors were successfully overwritten. For the test cases that used drives containing an HPA or DCO, the tool...

The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Institute of Standards...

Information technology should enable government to better serve the American people. However, OMB stated in 2010 that the federal government had achieved little of the productivity improvements that...

The President's fiscal year 2014 budget request included plans for the federal government to spend over $82 billion on IT. The stated goal of the President's IT budget request is to support making...

Cyberspace-the globally interconnected information infrastructure that includes the Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and industrial control systems-is rich in opportunities to...

The radio frequency spectrum is the resource that makes possible wireless communication and supports a vast array of commercial and government services. Federal, state, and local agencies use...

Federal policy calls for critical infrastructure protection activities that are intended to enhance the cyber and physical security of private infrastructures, such as telecommunication networks,...

Improvised explosive devices have caused numerous injuries and fatalities among U.S. and coalition forces while carrying out operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. To mitigate this threat, DOD has taken...

Information technology should enable government to better serve the American people. However, according to OMB, despite spending more than $600 billion on IT over the past decade, the federal...

Information technology should enable government to better serve the American people. However, according to OMB, despite spending more than $600 billion on IT over the past decade, the federal...

The COllaborative Modeling and Parametric Assessment of Space Systems (COMPASS) team was approached by the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) In-Space Project to perform a design session to develop...

This report responds to Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, which directs the Committee on Technology of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) to develop a...

In 1990, we first designated DOE program and contract management as an area at high risk of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. In January 2009, to recognize the progress made at DOE's Office of...

DHS and TSA share responsibility for the research, development, and deployment of passenger checkpoint screening technologies. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act established TSA as the...

Information systems are critical to the health, economy, and security of the nation. To support agency missions, the federal government plans to spend at least $82 billion on information technology...

The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program provides funds to States for transportation projects designed to improve air quality and reduce traffic congestion, particularly...

In 1990, Congress amended the Clean Air Act (CAA) to strengthen National efforts to attain the National air quality standards. Among other strengthening provisions, the amendments required stronger...

Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining publication on the evaluation and examination of mines and prospects by C.H. Aaron. First published in 1881, it has been unavailable...

Water quality standards and criteria are the regulatory and scientific foundation of programs established under the Clean Water Act to protect the Nation's waters. As such, they are among the most...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is committed to identifying and responding to the challenges that a changing climate poses to human health and the environment. Scientific evidence...

This Product is one of 21 synthesis and assessment products (SAPs) commissioned by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) as part of an interagency effort to integrate federal research on...

It was not until the mid-19th century that scientific analysis refuted the archaic yet generally accepted belief that foul air caused disease. According to the long-held miasma theory, this noxious...

The 11th-century Danish ruler King Canute was the commander of forces that had made him ruler of England, Denmark, Sweden, and parts of Norway. The king found himself surrounded by sycophants who...

Beam Weapons describes the roots of Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars' quest for a strategic defense system to intercept and destroy nuclear ballistic missiles before they could reach their targets. The...