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Completely off-topic, but in today's climate, I worry about any department like this having their efforts rendered moot if they become a DOGE target.
by bdcravens 2y ago
Completely off-topic, but in today's climate, I worry about any department like this having their efforts rendered moot if they become a DOGE target.
- rsfern 2y agoIt’s not that off topic IMO, NIST (along with all the other federal agencies) is finalizing restructuring/reorganization plans this week in response to one of last month’s executive orders. It’s not clear when the extent of the cuts will be announced, or what the criteria will be for which programs are to be affected. Though in the Commerce secretary’s confirmation hearing there was mostly good will towards this kind of light touch non-regulatory standardization approach that NIST tries to take