{"id":33716,"date":"2018-08-23T10:56:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T14:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33716"},"modified":"2018-08-23T10:57:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T14:57:04","slug":"nist-official-response-to-closure-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/nist-official-response-to-closure-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"NIST: Official response to closure questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WWV building in Fort Collins, Colorado (photo courtesy: NIST)<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve just received the following formal response from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)<\/a> regarding the\u00a0President\u2019s NIST FY 2019 budget request<\/a>:<\/p>\n

(Source: NIST)<\/p>\n

NIST has a long-standing history of providing time and frequency services through our radio stations and we appreciate that many people use these services.\u00a0\u00a0 NIST\u2019s <\/span>WWV is the longest continuously-operating radio service in the U.S.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>At the same time, the proposed NIST budget for FY 2019 required difficult choices about budget priorities. <\/span><\/p>\n

The President\u2019s full NIST FY 2019 budget request to the Congress is available at the link below, including a brief description of why the shutdown of\u00a0NIST\u2019s time and frequency radio stations is proposed. The proposal includes shutdown of NIST\u2019s three radio stations, WWV, WWVH, and WWVB, which communicate with consumer clocks, watches, broadcasting systems and other devices. <\/span>It is important to note that no changes to NIST services have occurred, and if the proposal were to be implemented, public notice would be provided. <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.osec.doc.gov\/bmi\/budget\/FY19CBJ\/NIST_and_NTIS_FY2019_President’s_Budget_for_508_comp.pdf<\/span><\/a>. See page NIST-25. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a link to the <\/span>NIST Budget Table for the FY2019 Presidential Request<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also, for context, it may be helpful to view links to press releases issued in May and June 2018 by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate Committees on Appropriations about the FY2019 budget process.<\/span><\/p>\n

House<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Senate<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This response leaves no room for debate: all three NIST radio stations–WWV, WWVH and WWVB–are included in the proposed cuts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, we’re following this story closely. Bookmark and check the tag WWV<\/strong> for updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve just received the following formal response from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the\u00a0President\u2019s NIST FY 2019 budget request: (Source: NIST) NIST has a long-standing history of providing time and frequency services through our radio stations and we appreciate that many people use these services.\u00a0\u00a0 NIST\u2019s WWV is the longest continuously-operating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[69,7204,68,7202,948,7223,426,7203],"class_list":["post-33716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-nist","tag-nist-2019-budget-request","tag-wwv","tag-wwv-closure","tag-wwvb","tag-wwvb-closure","tag-wwvh","tag-wwvh-closure"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8LO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36125,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/fy-2019-nist-budget-looks-good-for-time-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":33716,"position":0},"title":"FY 2019 NIST budget looks good for time stations","author":"Thomas","date":"February 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to the number of SWLing Post readers who have forwarded this article from the ARRL News\u00a0that notes the WWV Special Event Station, planned for later this year, is a go. 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