National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Mission

Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

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Learning from Hurricane Maria’s impacts on Puerto Rico: a progress report
This report explains in detail the rationale for launching the multi-year effort to study how critical buildings performed during the 2017 Hurricane Maria, as well as how emergency communications systems worked beside the summary of progress to date.
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Critical assessment of lifeline system performance: Understanding societal needs in disaster recovery
This publication reports on a project that assessed current societal expectations of acceptable lifeline performance levels and restoration timeframes that are informed by the phases of response and recovery, distinguishing those that are hazard independent and those that are specific for seismic (including tsunami), wind (including hurricane and tornado), flood, snow/ice, and wildfire hazard events.
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Community resilience economic decision guide for buildings and infrastructure systems
Special Publication (NIST SP) 1197, doi:10.6028/NIST.SP.1197:

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