NIST issues first statement on new policies in response to Boulder Reporting Lab’s reporting

NIST issues first statement on new policies in response to Boulder Reporting Lab’s reporting

After Boulder Reporting Lab published an exclusive Feb. 12 report on new policies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology that would limit many international researchers to three years at the lab, other journalists contacted the federal lab with questions. In response, NIST’s public affairs office issued its first statement. The agency said the policy is meant to safeguard U.S. science but did not address scientists’ concerns about…