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4 Office of Weights and Measures
Pages 23-25

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... , a treaty organization that develops voluntary standards intended to be used to harmonize national legislation among member states in areas where regulated instruments and measurements are involved." 3 With the publication in April 2015 of its final two sections, International Recommendation OIML R 117, Dynamic Measuring Systems for Liquids Other Than Water, is now considered to be the official 1 NIST PML, "Laws and Metric Programs," http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/laws/index.cfm, accessed October 28, 2015.
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... Laboratory Metrology Program The laboratory metrology program "provides the basis for ensuring traceability of state weights and measures standards to NIST; conducts fundamentals of metrology, mass, volume; and advances mass training for metrologists working for the states, for industry, and in other countries." 5 Americans rely on many measurements of mass and volume in their daily lives; the accuracy of the devices used in those measurements must be tested at regular intervals. The degree of accuracy achieved for these devices depends on the competence of the metrologists who calibrate over 350,000 measurement standards per year that are then used by weights and measures officials when testing measuring instruments.
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... The OWM training facility that is used for mass calibrations training could benefit from improved storage space. DISSEMINATION OF OUTPUTS The OWM does an excellent job of disseminating information through its training program, the NIST website, and the publication of technical documents such as handbooks, newsletters, and standard operating procedures.
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