> On Aug 11, 2018, at 9:27 AM, Rob Seaman wrote:
>
> Whatever the outcome this year, the writing is on the wall.
This misses the point. Everything that the U.S. Government does requires the
annual support of Congress. Everything except entitlements are subject to
annual appropriations. And
>
> Time and Fundamental Measurement Dissemination (-$6.3 million and
> -36 FTE) – NIST
> will continue to maintain the U.S. time standard, and continue to
> advance the development of
> best in the world atomic clocks as part of its core foundational work
> in this area, and
> disseminate standa
With WWV and a older-style shortwave receiver, the public has the ability to
set a stopwatch or similar device to sub-second accuracy. More importantly, a
person who isn't a time lord can be reasonably certain they have accomplished
this task correctly.
With any other device I can think of, the
Whatever the outcome this year, the writing is on the wall. It seems
shortsighted, and unnecessarily cruel to 36 people and the pleasant town
of Fort Collins. The bit about the atomic spectra DB perhaps even more
so; their wide range of users themselves serve a much wider range of
communities. If i
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS
AND TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SERVICE
FISCAL YEAR 2018
BUDGET SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS
http://www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY18CBJ/FY%202018%20NIST-NTIS%20Cong%20Budget%20Request%20-%20508%20Compliant%20-%20FINAL.pdf
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Time and Fundamental Measu
On 2018-08-10 05:55 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
>From what I understand the same "threat" occurred in 2017 with the FY18
budget. In the end, the budget ended up greater even than what was asked. So no cuts were
made. Who knows what will happen this time. Still, it's always a concern; for the staff,
In message , "Tom Van Baak" writes:
So is it possible to divine if this targets the HF or VLF or both ?
I would imagine that shutting VLF would leave a lot of consumer
electronics stranded.
On the other hand, I'm not sure I see much point in the HF service...
--
Poul-Henning Kamp
nds in the morning;
Charlie don't leap.
/tvb
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Allen"
To: "Leap Second Discussion List"
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 1:25 PM
Subject: [LEAPSECS] no more listening to leap seconds?
> This crossing over from time-nuts list, b
This crossing over from time-nuts list, but it may mean that
listening to leap seconds will become a thing of the past.
If I understand this summary of the NIST budget request then
radio stations WWV, and WWVH are set to be shut down.
https://www.nist.gov/director/fy-2019-presidential-budget-reque
