U.S. Standards and Conformity Assessment System
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Emphasizes private sector solutions for Standards and Conformance Bottom-up / broad stakeholder and user participation Uses different tools for different applications Public-Private Partnership ANSI – Coordinator of the Private Sector-Led System
Private-sector, non-profit, membership organization Responsible for coordinating U.S. private sector participation in the U.S. private sector-led /
public sector-supported standards and conformance systems The National Standards Body for the United States – Represents the U.S. in international
standardization fora addressing voluntary standards:(ISO, IEC, COPANT, PASC, with ESOs, with GSO, etc.)
One of several U.S. Accreditation Bodies for private sector programs. ANSI together with its affiliates and members participates in international accreditation fora:(ILAC, IAF, ILAC, PAC, IAAC)
Supported by membership fees, sale of publications, funded programs, accreditation programs, and government grants
U.S. Standards and Conformity Assessment System
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U.S. Standards System Different tools for developing globally-relevant standards
National Participation
Direct Participation
Consortia
Treaty Organizations
Non-Treaty Organizations
Nationally Accepted
Internationally Accepted
Examples
ISO, IEC, ITU, CODEX, etc.
Examples
ASTM International, ASME, SAE, etc.
Examples
IGRS, W3C, etc.
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Members of the ANSI Federation include . . .
Academia Individuals Government Manufacturing Trade Associations
Professional Societies Service Organizations Standards Developers Consumer and Labor Interests and many more
The ANSI Federation represents more than 125,000 companies
and organizations and 3.5 million professionals worldwide
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American Dental Association
NationalElectricalManufacturersAssociation
National Fire Protection Association
Examples of ANSI-Accredited Standards Developers (SDOs)
International Code Council
American Society of MechanicalEngineers
ASTM International
Society of Automotive Engineers
Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
AmericanSocietyof CivilEngineers
American Petroleum Institute
And more than 200 additional organizations
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U.S. PRIVATESECTOR
U.S.-HeadquarteredSTANDARDS DEVELOPING
ORGANIZATIONS
FOREIGN NATIONALSTANDARDS BODIES(ANSI PEER BODIES)
Geneva-HeadquarteredINTERNATIONAL
STANDARDIZATIONBODIES
(ISO, IEC)
REGIONALSTANDARDIZATION
BODIES(COPANT, PASC, ESOs)
EUROPEANCOMMISSION / APEC
U.S. PUBLIC SECTOR
COMPANIES
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
CONSUMER INTERESTS
OTHERS
U.S. GOVERNMENT
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ANSI federation (ppp) dedicated to increasing U.S. and global use of international standards and private sector conformance solutions
Best known mechanism of harmonizing cross-border requirements – facilitating market access and trade
Working cooperatively with its partners to minimize duplicative testing and certification requirements
Standards and Conformance for Trade