Government agencies and government laboratories provide standards, regulations, business statistics, research, funding and technical information. Examples include the FDA, FCC, OSHA, FTC, NSF, NTIS, NASA and USDA.
Time standards and frequency standards can include cesium or rubidium atomic clocks, quartz oscillators, hydrogen masers and other master clocks. Time reference sources are used in networks & telecommunications, observatories, utilities and navigation (GPS).
Print