Major government research lab appears to be squeezing out foreign scientists

"Noncitizens" lost after-hours access to a NIST lab last month.

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[gmerrick]

Honestly at this point the EU (if it doesn't already) needs to take over standards that NIST currently regulates so they can't be corrupted more than the 3 letter agencies have already done with crypto and likely some other cybersecurity stuff.

 

[gmerrick]

I know that wasn't your intention, but that response is essentially MAGA thinking - thinking that everyone else is dependant or subservient to the US (in that case, via NIST).

Other countries, and national groupings such as the EU, already have their own standards bodies. They're not "regulated" by NIST. I'd guess that BSI (the British Standards Institute) has probably had more historical impact globally that the US Bureau of Standards (now NIST).

The real benefit from having foreign scientists at NIST is one of alignment, something that is particularly anathema to the current US administration.

Regulates might be the wrong word, but even here in Canada, many standards used here point back to one created by NIST. So if something happens with a NIST standard then it may be promogulated outwards without being noticed for a long time.