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===~ECHNOLOGY FORECAST===
A (Modest) Proposal to Establish a
National Bureau of
Microwave Standardization
By
John L. Minck
Concerned Microwave Citizen
(1 know this story is highly presump- the situation-IEEE. NASA, DOD ISO A National Measurement System
tuous, but it has some considerable ASQC. AMA. ANSI, ADA. ASlM, ASME. lEC. With NBS as the Lead Agency
national importance, and 1 am writing FAA. two NCSLs (National Conference We've got to begin rebuilding a
it with my tongue tucked well in of State Legislators and National Bureau of Standards. That's directed
cheek.) Conference of Standards Labs). UL, by the founding act of Congress, the
Here's the scenario: Tomorrow API, OIML. APS. etc.. etc.. etc. And "Organic Act of 1901." And in our
morning, as the 3,OOO-plus employees aerospace and industrial labs called. Modern Technology Age. measure-
of the U.S. Commerce Department's and the universities, and the trade ment science and the measurement
Bureau of Standards drive to work at associations. and all 50 state weights- standards underpinning our economy
their sprawling campus in Gaithers- and-measures labs. are an enormous giant. A mid