NIST REFERENCE IMPLEMENTATION TO BE USED THROUGHOUT VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.

Thc Veterans Health Administration (VHA VHA Veterans Health Administration
VHA Variable Housing Allowance
VHA Villages Homeowners Association
VHA Voluntary Hospitals Association
VHA Virtual Home Agent
VHA Very High Altitude
VHA Vapor Hazard Area
VHA Vermont Holstein-Friesian Association ) selected NIST's Enterprise Single Sign On (ESSO ESSO Standard Oil
ESSO Enterprise Single Sign-On
ESSO Executive Support Staff Officer
ESSO Eastern States Standard Oil (ExxonMobil)
ESSO Every Saturday and Sunday Off (UK)
ESSO Earth Science Support Office ) reference implementation for use within VHA hospitals. NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. developed ESSO in response to the need within VHA for a single logon to all of their hospital systems. Part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA is one of the nation's largest healthcare providers with 270 hospitals. ESSO is currently being installed in all VHA hospitals. The Web site is http://www.nist.aov/va/.

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Title Annotation:	National Institute of Standards and Technology
Publication:	Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Mar 1, 2001
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