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Standing Committee

Laboratory Assessments Board (LAB)

LAB oversees National Academies activities involving review and assessment of the technical quality of internal research conducted at laboratories. This includes principally laboratories established by federal agencies at national laboratories and at government-owned, contractor-operated facilities, but may include others as well. Assessments are performed by National Academies committees appointed under the auspices of the board and established separately for each institution and/or laboratory to be reviewed. The role of the LAB involves planning, program development, and, as appropriate, project oversight. The LAB will not be used in the development of any report or any advice or recommendations.

In progress

Projects

Panel on Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Assessment of Selected Divisions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Assessment of Selected Divisions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physical Measurement Laboratory.

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Review of the Material Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2020

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Review of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2020

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Review of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Communications Technology Laboratory

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Review of Extramural Basic Research at the Army Research Laboratory

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Assessment of the Technical Quality of the Center for Neutron Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Assessment of the Technical Quality of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Review of the Four Divisions of the Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Review of Governance Reform in the National Nuclear Security Administration

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Assessment and Analysis at the Army Research Laboratory

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Review of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Panel on Review of the Center for Neutron Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Telecommunications Research and Engineering at the Department of Commerce's Boulder Laboratories

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed
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