National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Email Format
Research ServicesMaryland, United States1001-5000 Employees
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, dedicated to advancing measurement science, standards, and technology to support U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness. Founded more than a century ago, NIST aims to keep U.S. technology at the leading edge by providing measurements that span applications from the smallest devices to the largest complex systems. Its mission emphasizes promoting innovation, enhancing economic security, and improving quality of life through standards and technology development. The organization is headquartered at 100 Bureau Drive in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people. Recent activity includes development of a Safe Step AI model for evacuation routing, plans for an AI Agent Interoperability Profile as an extension of its AI Risk Management Framework with a targeted 2026 release, and ongoing work to standardize post-quantum cryptographic algorithms.