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Reczek, Jeffrey Sherman, Roger Brown, Michael Lombardi, Judah Levine</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For strengthening the resilience of position, navigation, and timing infrastructure and services on which global commerce and national security rely.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/awards/barbara-guttman-wins-leadership-forensic-science-award" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20231003020313/https://www.nist.gov/awards/barbara-guttman-wins-leadership-forensic-science-award" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20231003020313im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/08/02/Barbara%20Guttman.jpg?itok=VpX0CehP" width="100" height="86" alt="Image of Barbara Guttman" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20231003020313/https://www.nist.gov/awards/barbara-guttman-wins-leadership-forensic-science-award"><span>Barbara Guttman Wins Leadership in Forensic Science Award</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> This award was presented to Barbara Guttman for Leadership in Forensic Science. 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