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Reports of the 90th National Conference on Weights and Measures Nist

The 90th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures was held in Orlando, FL, July 10-14, 2005. The theme of the conference was 100 Years of Equity in the Marketplace. The NCWM develops and recommends laws and regulations, technical codes for weighing and measuring devices used in commerce, tests methods, enforcement procedures, and administrative guidelines for adoption by regulatory agencies in the interest of promoting uniformity of requirements and methods in state and local jurisdictions. The annual meeting brings together government officials and representatives of business, industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations for the purpose of hearing and discussing subjects that relate to the field of weights and measures technology.