Congress to study NBS?
DOI: 10.1063/1.3048309
One of the most repeatedly denied but continually persistent rumors heard these days on Capitol Hill is that Congress will soon perform a deep analysis of the National Bureau of Standards. The House Committee on Science and Astronautics, which has jurisdiction over the bureau (together with the National Science Foundation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration), is slated to conduct the study sometime during the next session, according to Congressional sources.