Online Resources

  TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS
NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership
  http://www.mep.nist.gov/
  MEP is a nationwide network of not-for-profit Centers in over 400 locations nationwide, whose sole purpose is to provide small and medium-sized manufacturers with the help they need to succeed.
 
National Institute of Standards and Technology
  http://www.nist.gov/
  NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration. NIST's mission is to develop and promote measurements, standards, and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life. NIST carries out its mission in four cooperative programs.
 
Paso Del Norte Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
  http://www.utep.edu/tmac/
  The Paso Del Norte Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) at IM3 at the University of Texas at El Paso provides services directly to area manufacturers to assist in the appropriate use of technologies and techniques to improve the competitiveness or reduce dependence on defense contractors.
 
Institute for Manufacturing & Materials Management (IM³ )
  http://www.utep.edu/im3/
  IM³ of the University of Texas at El Paso provides development support services to area manufactures and builds partnerships between manufacturers, universities, and research laboratories to find solutions for industrial problems.
 
National Research Council (NRC)
  http://www.nrc.ca/corporate/english/index.html
  NRC, Canada's premier science and technology research organization, is a leader in scientific and technical research, the diffusion of technology and the dissemination of scientific and technical information.
 
USDA Office of Technology Transfer
  http://ott.ars.usda.gov/
  This web site features technologies that have been developed by ARS scientists nationwide, and are available for licensing and/or collabortive research. ARS, the premier scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has a proven reputation for partnerships leading to commercial success.
 
Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
  http://www.sba.gov/sbir/indexsbir-sttr.html
  The SBIR, a program of the Office of Technology of the U. S. Small Business Administration, is a highly competitive program that encourages small business to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. Since its enactment in 1982, as part of the Small Business Innovation Development Act, SBIR has helped thousands of small businesses to compete for federal research and development awards.
 
Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC)
  http://www.nttc.edu/
  The Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) is the leader in the technology transfer and commercialization industry. NTCC aids economic development through the mapping of technologies needed to technologies available, and offers a complete portfolio of products and services that enable American businesses to find technologies, facilities and world-class researchers within the federal labs and agencies with which they can partner.
 
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC)
  http://www.federallabs.org/
  The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) is the nationwide network of federal laboratories that provides the forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking the laboratory mission technologies and expertise with the marketplace.
 
Texas Technology Information
  http://www.state.tx.us/category.jsp?language=eng&categoryId=2.11
  Information on Technology and its uses throughout Texas government.
 

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