The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has submitted a response to a Request for Information (RFI) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology related to the Implementation Roadmap for the U.S. Government National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology (USG NSSCET). Read ANSI’s response.The RFI solicited information to inform Implementation Roa···
Session to Showcase Updates on Taxonomy and Lexicon for Privacy ProfessionalsThe U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a free webinar in January to showcase developments in the role of privacy professionals, and provide details on the agency’s updates in taxonomy and lexicon for the privacy profession.
EPA Invites Organizations to Voluntarily Submit Standards, Ecolabels for EvaluationThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published updates to its Recommendations of Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing (Recommendations), which help federal government purchasers and other buyers select products that are more sustainable and more climate-friendly and contain safer chemical ···
I was invited by the UNESCO Addis Ababa Office to attend the Continental Conference on Transforming STEM in Africa held between 26 and 28 November 2024. According to the program, myself and the Minister of Science, Technology and innovation from south Africa, gave Keynote Addresses at the Opening of Track 3 on 27 November and then I participated at the Ministeri···
The Forum was held from 12 to 15 November and was organized by the International Competence Centre for Mining Engineering Education, under the auspices of UNESCO in collaboration with the Empress Catherine II St. Petersburg Mining University, Russia.The theme of the Forum was “The Role of Engineering Education and Science in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals- New Challenges and Solutions” and the event took place at the conference/hotel facility of the university. I was invited to address the delegates at the Opening Session of the Forum. I wrote and de···
