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href="/web/20230930171922/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/nist-owm-ncwm-enduring-partnership-over-100-years"><span>NIST OWM – NCWM: An Enduring Partnership for Over 100 Years</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> On August 1, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) and the National Conference on Weights and Measures ( NCWM ) signed a new </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230930171922/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/projects-programs/org/6436">View All Projects/Programs</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Newsletter Articles and 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href="/web/20230930171922/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/09/nist-sp2200-03-evolving-regulatory-landscape-commercial-electric-vehicle"><span property="schema:name">NIST SP2200-03: An Evolving Regulatory Landscape for Commercial Electric Vehicle Fueling</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-09-28T12:00:00Z">September 28, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> NIST OWM has just published the latest installment of its NIST Special Publication 2200 series on Legal Metrology , NIST SP 2200-03 An Evolving Regulatory </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2023/09/2023-nist-internship-reflections" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a 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Measures ( OWM ) hosted four undergraduate students who were </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2023/09/what-true-meaning-scale-division-d-versus-verification-scale-division-e" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230930171922/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/09/what-true-meaning-scale-division-d-versus-verification-scale-division-e" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230930171922im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/09/28/Thumb%20tag%20picture%20edited.png?itok=9_XbLLh1" width="100" height="45" alt="Scale" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230930171922/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/09/what-true-meaning-scale-division-d-versus-verification-scale-division-e"><span property="schema:name">What is the true meaning of a “scale division” (d) versus a “verification scale division” (e)</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-09-28T12:00:00Z">September 28, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Introduction If you are a state weights and measures official, scale manufacturer, or any other stakeholder dealing with scales used for commercial transactions </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2023/09/metric-week-2023-seven-days-si-fun" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230930171922/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/09/metric-week-2023-seven-days-si-fun" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230930171922im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/09/19/2023-Metric%20Week_0.png?itok=9tf27gSN" width="100" height="100" alt="Graphic with dates of 2023 Metric Week" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230930171922/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/09/metric-week-2023-seven-days-si-fun"><span property="schema:name">Metric Week 2023: Seven Days of SI Fun</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-09-20T12:00:00Z">September 20, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> National Metric Week (October 8 to 14, 2023) is an opportunity to underscore the 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