International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi": Metrology and Physical Constants: Applications for the Varenna Summer Schools are now open. Course CLXXXV – "Metrology and Physical Constants", co-directed by E. Bava (INRIM) and M. Kühne (BIPM) – will run from 17-27 July 2012.
– Closing date for applications: 5 May 2012

JCGM surveys on the VIM3 and the GUM: The Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) and its two working groups seek your feedback on the International vocabulary of metrology – Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM3), and the Guide for the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM). We encourage you to complete the online questionnaires now available from the Joint BIPM-OIML Web Portal, http://www.metrologyinfo.org/.
– Thank you in advance for your participation in this survey and for helping the JCGM to better serve the needs of the metrology community.
Deadline: 15 June 2012.

Vacancy announcement : Ionizing Radiation Department Director: – Closing date for applications: 29 February 2012

PRESS RELEASE: ITU Radiocommunication Assembly defers decision to eliminate the leap second: The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly has reached an important decision to defer the development of a continuous time standard in order to address the concerns of countries that use the current system of the leap second in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The decision has been reached to ensure that all the technical options have been fully addressed in further studies related to the issue. These studies will involve further discussions within the ITU membership and with other organizations that have an interest in this matter and will be referred to the next Radiocommunication Assembly and World Radiocommunication Conference scheduled for 2015.
– ITU, Geneva, 19 January 2012

Special issue of Metrologia on Neutron Metrology: This special issue completes Metrologia's trilogy on measurements in Ionizing Radiation, comprising issues on Radionuclide Metrology, Dosimetry, and Neutron Metrology. This essential reference provides a broad overview of neutron metrology, aiming to give both a clear introduction to the novice as well as an up-to-date description of the latest scientific developments for the more experienced reader.
Guest editors: David Thomas (NPL), Ralf Nolte (PTB) and Vincent Gressier (IRSN)
– Browse Metrologia 48(6), December 2011

KCDB Newsletter: Issue 16 (December 2011) is now available
– December 2011