https://referently.com/tags/nist/ Recent content in NIST on Referently.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://referently.com/the-federal-government-has-one-system-for-tracking-federally-funded-inventions.-it-has-problems./ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://referently.com/the-federal-government-has-one-system-for-tracking-federally-funded-inventions.-it-has-problems./ The federal government’s push to consolidate invention reporting onto a single platform is the right instinct—but the platform has structural limitations that are creating new inefficiencies even as it eliminates old ones. A July 2023 executive order directed nine major agencies to transition to iEdison, NIST’s web-based invention reporting system, by the end of 2025. GAO’s April 2026 technology transfer report (GAO-26-107971) finds the transition unfinished and the system itself in need of improvement.