Standards update.STANDARDS UPDATE. The U.S. Embassy-Kingston has provided an updated overview which details the monitoring and regulation of standards and related issues in Jamaica Jamaica (jəmā`kə), independent state within the Commonwealth (2005 est. pop. 2,732,000), 4,232 sq mi (10,962 sq km), coextensive with the island of Jamaica, West Indies, S of Cuba and W of Haiti. . The Jamaica Bureau of Standards Bureau of Standards since 1988 U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce responsible for the standardization of weights and measures, timekeeping, and navigation. is the standards development organization in Jamaica. Details: (1) Dr. Omer Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs . Executive Director. Bureau of Standards. 6 Winchester Road. Kingston 10. Jamaica. Phone: 876 926 3140-5; 876 968 2063-71. Email othomas@jbs.org.jm. (2) Mr. Gladstone Rose. Manager--Standardization Division. Bureau of Standards. 6 Winchester Road. Kingston 10. Phone: 876 926 3140-5; 876 968 2063-71. Email grose@jbs.org.jm. (3) CROSQ CROSQ CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CARICOM CARICOM: see Caribbean Community and Common Market. Regional Organization for Standards & Quality). "The Heritage, 35 Pine Road, Belleville, St Michael, Barbados. Tel: (246) 437 8146/(246) 437 0920. main email crosq.caricom@crosq.org. (4) Mr. Emile Finlay. Commercial Specialist. U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service. U.S. Embassy. 2 Oxford Road. Kingston 5. Jamaica W.I. Tel: (876) 935-6000 Ext. 2301; Fax: (876) 920-2580. |
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