President Obama on Thursday nominated National Institute of Standards and Technology Deputy Director Patrick Gallagher to serve as the agency's top dog. In his current position, Gallagher provides high-level oversight and direction for NIST, which is a branch of the Commerce Department that develops and promotes measurement, standards, and technology. He received his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Pittsburgh in 1991 and joined NIST in 1993 as an instrument scientist at the agency's Center for Neutron Research. He later became director of the center where he served until assuming the role of NIST deputy director in 2008.
From 1999 to 2001, Gallagher was a NIST agency representative at the National Science and Technology Council and he remains active in the area of U.S. policy for scientific user facilities and has chaired the Interagency Working Groups on neutron and light source facilities under the Office of Science and Technology Policy, according to a White House personnel announcement. NIST's FY 2009 resources total $1.6 billion, including $819 million in appropriations from the omnibus bill; $610 million from the stimulus package; $48 million in service fees; and $125 million from other agencies.
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Responded on November 7, 2009 1:31 AM
Milkyy
I saw it seven times. It might be the effect of gotomeeting web conferencing.