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News Releases

Feb. 12, 2004 NCST Advisory Committee Submits First Annual Report to Congress
Offers Four Major Recommendations to Improve Future Building Failure Investigations
Dec. 2, 2003 Commerce’s NIST Updates Progress of World Trade Center Investigation
Access to All Essential Data Has Been Obtained
Nov. 24, 2003 National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to Meet
Oct. 30, 2003 Agreements to Facilitate NIST WTC Investigation
Sept. 17, 2003 NIST Details First-Person Data Collection Projects for WTC Investigation Commerce Agency Needs Participation from Survivors, First-Responders and Families of Victims
Sept. 10, 2003 Commerce’s NIST to Hold WTC Investigation Press Briefing in New York
Sept. 17 Event Will Precede Launch of First-Person Data Collection Projects
June 25, 2003 NIST Puts New Testing Device to Work on Recovered WTC Steel
May 27, 2003 Advances in DNA Analyses Help Identify 9/11 Victims

May 7, 2003 Commerce's NIST Reports on Progress of World Trade Center Investigation at One-Third Mark—Agency Notes Cooperation, Seeks More Information
April 28, 2003 Additional Experts Appointed to Construction Safety Committee
April 8, 2003 NIST Seeks Interview Subjects as Part of its World Trade Center Investigation
March 21, 2003 Public Safety Studies on Evacuation of World Trade Center to be Announced at April 8 Community Forum
March 20, 2003 Commerce's NIST Names National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee
Dec. 9, 2002 World Trade Center Investigation Off to Solid Start, Commerce's NIST Reports
Oct. 2, 2002 President Signs Bill Granting Commerce's NIST New Authorities to Investigate Major Building Failures
Aug. 21, 2002 Commerce's NIST Details Federal Investigation of World Trade Center Collapse
June 5, 2002 NIST Seeks Public Input on Pending Federal Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster
April 1, 2002

NIST, FEMA Strengthen Disaster Response and Research Capabilities

 

Congressional Testimony

May 1, 2002 Dr.  Arden L. Bement, Jr.

Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
United States Department of Commerce

Before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, United States Congress

“The Investigation of the World Trade Center Collapse: Findings, Recommendations and Next Steps”.

March 6, 2002 Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.

Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
United States Department of Commerce

Before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, United States Congress

“Learning from 9/11: Understanding the Collapse of the World Trade Center”

 


Announcements/Statements

July 26, 2004 Opportunity for Public Viewing of WTC Fire Test
June 8, 2004 Commerce’s NIST to Hold WTC Investigation Press Briefing in New York
Agency to Issue 2nd Interim Report on Progress of Technical Investigation
Nov. 24, 2003 National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to Hold Third Meeting
Sept. 10, 2003 Commerce’s NIST to Hold WTC Investigation Press Briefing in New York
Sept. 17 Event Will Precede Launch of First-Person Data Collection Projects
May 1, 2003 Commerce’s NIST to Brief Media in NYC on Progress of WTC Investigation
April 15, 2003 First Meeting of National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee to Be Held April 29
April 8, 2003 NIST Seeks Interview Subjects as Part of its World Trade Center Investigation
Oct. 1, 2002

Statement by NIST About Its WTC Investigation and Access to Information from Silverstein Properties

Aug. 21, 2002

How to Provide Photos or Other Information on the Collapse of the World Trade Center Buildings

July 11, 2002

Statement on Recovered WTC Steel

June 24, 2002

Presentation at Public Meeting on Proposed World Trade Center Investigation Plan

Webcast Agenda for Public Meeting on Proposed World Trade Center Investigation Plan

 

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