Never mind. I tracked down both TechBeat and the text of the law via Google.
The word metric is used in the business sense of "metrics" 10 times, and once as "metric measuring strategy" (again business metrics). It is used zero times in the sense of the SI, as are "SI " and "International System" (of Units) NASA is given a big educational role and prize money to award in competitions. That will undoubtedly be for best Customary research as NASA doesn't understand or use metric. There is money awarded to NIST, mostly prize money for competitions. I'd rather see NIST using the money to foster good teaching of the metric system. I obviously did not read all 68 pages in detail (I used the "find" function for the summary on use of "metric") but it strikes me as a classic government boondoggle and waste of tax-payer money. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 6:40:09 PM Subject: [USMA:49432] Re: Fwd: NIST Tech Beat for January 5, 2011 The NIST TechBeat is attached to my copy with blue links to the sources. I don't know why you do not see the links? ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 15:32:22 -0800 (PST) >From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [USMA:49430] Fwd: NIST Tech Beat for January 5, 2011 >To: [email protected], "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Can you send a link or something? All I get is an > unrendered html mess. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 6:24:43 PM > Subject: [USMA:49430] Fwd: NIST Tech Beat for > January 5, 2011 > On Jan 4 President Obama signed the "America > COMPETES Reauthorization Act > of 2010." It is many pages long, but says nothing > that I have been able to find > on the importance of metrication for US industry. > It discusses STEM (science, > technology, engineering, and mathematics) at great > length, but virtually > nothing about metrication! Can you find anything > about SI?
