NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES RULE: ELIMINATING REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING FELLOWSHIPS IN LABORATORY STANDARDIZATION AND TESTING FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a rule called: Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign Citizens.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 24 by Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat.

Summary: By this rule, NIST removes its regulations establishing fellowships in laboratory standardization and testing for foreign citizens of "other American republics." This action is necessary because no statute specifically requires or contemplates the promulgation of these regulations and because there has not been any active program under these regulations in decades. The removal of these regulations will streamline the C...