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An Assessment of the Material Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Fiscal Year 2020 (2021) / Chapter Skim
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12 Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 72-78

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... This disadvantages equipment purchases for purposes of budget formulation by making the trade-off versus funding an additional staff position or other expenditures more acute. Further, the NIST working capital fund model for purchase of new equipment requires payback for any purchase from annual operating funds.
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... The office should also provide more systematic evaluation feedback and greater incentives for MML division staff to more effectively and efficiently develop new standard reference materials that are aligned with the needs of industry.. Office of Data and Informatics RECOMMENDATION 4-1: The Material Measurement Laboratory management should promote the concept of "data as an asset" and its associated culture within the Laboratory.
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... This could be accomplished using forms of media such as YouTube and improving the effectiveness of the NIST website by adding specific examples of unique and transformative contributions. Materials Measurement Science Division RECOMMENDATION 6-1: The Materials Measurement Science Division (MMSD)
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... and refocus the former group's efforts on materials data and artificial intelligence approaches. RECOMMENDATION 6-3: The Materials Measurement Science Division should conduct additional intra-divisional collaboration, which might be exploited to add fundamental understanding for the benefit of the research component of the work going forward.
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... should consider administrative changes to give greater definition to connectivity among the division's scientists, including binning the teams in CSD to make commonalities with other groups more apparent; and, as warranted, splitting larger divisions and aggregating the groups into new divisions where similarities are strongest. RECOMMENDATION 9-2: The Chemical Sciences Division should evaluate its portfolio to determine the fit to Material Measurement Laboratory's (MML's)
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... Applied Chemicals and Materials Dvision RECOMMENDATION 10-1: The Applied Chemicals and Materials Division should create a capital equipment replacement plan that considers also the requirements for space and ongoing maintenance. RECOMMENDATION 10-2: The Applied Chemicals and Materials Division should take steps to realize the true value of standard reference data and standard reference materials thereby enabling revenue for growth of new programs.
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