Baldrige National Quality Program promotes and recognizes business performance excellence and quality achievement by U.S. manufacturers, service companies, educational organizations, and health care providers.

ComSci, the Commerce Science and Technology Fellowship Program, provides senior level executive branch employees with an opportunity to study national and international issues relating to the development, application and management of science and technology.

GetTech, a public-private partnership designed by the Department of Commerce's Office of Technology Policy and the National Association of Manufacturers to inspire teens to prepare for the technology-driven jobs of the future.

Go4IT, a Commerce website with information on IT training programs for adults who seek to enter the IT field or upgrade their skills, and a clearinghouse for IT training providers offering programs.

International Technology promotes international technology partnerships that strengthen U.S. competitiveness, and advocates policiest to advance U.S. technology leadership in the global economy.

Laboratories at NIST conduct research in a wide variety of physical and engineering sciences, responding to industry needs for
measurement methods, tools, data and technology.

Manufacturing Extension Partnership provides technical and business assistance to smaller manufacturers.

National Medal of Technology Program is the highest honor awarded by the President of the United States for technological innovation.

NTIS, the National Technical Information Service, is the federal government's central source for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information by or for the U.S. government and complementary materials from international sources.

Radio Frequency Identification or RFID is an advanced automatic identification technology using tags and readers to capture data about objects and is coming into increasing use as a significant alternative to bar codes.

Tech Competitiveness works closely with industry to identify critical issues, conduct and disseminate leading-edge research and analysis, and serves as an advocate for innovation in policy making at all levels of government.