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Metric System Data and Related Standards Links

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Return arrow METRIC SYSTEM links:

Unit conversion converter/calculator
Metric System Laws:
- (Kasson) Metric Act of 1866 [See: Page 1 and Page 2]
- The Convention of the Metre
- Mendenhall Order
- Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act in 1988)
- Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
- Executive Order 12770, Metric Usage in Federal Government Programs
- Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA)
Federal Government:
- National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) / Department of Commerce (DoC):
- General Services Administration (GSA):
  - GSA/NIST Toward A Metric America
  - GSA/NIST Toward A Metric America: Questions and Answers
  - GSA/NIST All You Will Need to Know About Metric
  - GSA Metric Design Guide (PBS PQ260 in PDF format)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):
  - Assessment of NASA's Use of the Metric System (following the 1999 September loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft)
  - Use of the Metric System of Measurement in NASA Programs
  - NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) news releases to include metric references
  - NASA information on degree Celsius temperature scale
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA):
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) metrication
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) METAR/TAF information (reports now use degree Celsius temperatures)
- Department of Energy (DoE) Hanford Site (Richland WA) Metric Implementation Plan
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Metric Program
- American Indian Health Service (IHS) metrication
- American Public Works Association (APWA) Proposed Policy Statement on Metrication (MS Word document)
- Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) metric transition program
- Lawrence Berkley Laboratory (LBL) metric usage
- National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP) metric standards resolution
- Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Metric Conversion
- Department of Treasury Metrication Program
State and Local Government:
- States:
- Local:
  - Arapaho Road SI metric project (City of Richardson TX Engineering Division)
  - Riverside County (CA) Metrication News
Educational Organizations and Institutions:
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) position statement on metrication
- National Education Association (NEA) resolution on the metric system
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Position Statement: Use of the Metric System
- A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (Center for Mathematics and Science Education)
- A Dictionary of Units (Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching)
Other Professional Organizations:
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):
  - ASCE Committee on Metrication (including ASCE metric policy)
  - ASCE Policy on Metrication
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE):
  - IEEE metric implementation policy
  - IEEE Going Metric
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
  - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers metrication index
  - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers metric policy (See enclosure 5: Guide Specification: Metric Measurements.)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Metrication Resources, Policy, and Newsletter
- American Water Works Association (AWWA) metrication policy statement
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Metric Policy
- American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) voluntary metric conversions
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Metric Policy
- American Concrete Institute (ACI) Metrication Policy (See section 3.4: Units of Measurement)
- American National Metric Council (ANMC) (Information provided by USMA)
- Construction Metrication Program of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
- International Astronomical Union (IAU) Recommendations concerning units
- National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA)'s National Electrical Code (NEC) for 2002 (metric units now placed first, and rounded metric numbers where exact number-usage would seem stilted.)
- National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) metrication policy (Do control-F search on this page for "metric")
International:

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Metric Websites of USMA members:

Return arrow STANDARDS links:

Organizations:
Other Information:
- International standard date and time notation (Is 01/02/03 equal to January 2, 2003 or 1 February 2003 ?)
- International standard paper sizes (ISO A-size paper)
- Metric typographical units

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