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1 The U.S. Government s Role in Standards and Conformity Assessment ASTM International-Russian Federation on Technical Regulating and Metrology Coordinated Program Mary Saunders Chief, Standards Services Division Technology Services, NIST May 7, 2008

2 Government has an Interest In protecting health, safety and the environment In promoting fair trade and competition In having confidence In performance and competently conducted activities In assuring interoperability applicable to systems and components purchased IT systems Emergency communications systems E-government In facilitating innovation

3 Key Premises Standards should: Address health, safety and environmental aspects of products, processes and systems where relevant Support fair trade and fair competition Increase user, consumer, and government confidence Facilitate interoperability Stimulate innovation

4 Government Role in Standards User: In product purchases Through incorporation into regulations Participant in standards development through the voluntary process Contributor to the technical underpinning for standards Advocate for the U.S. national interest Goal: protect health, safety and the environment while not creating unnecessary barriers to trade

5 Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards U.S. law and policy* require Federal agencies to: use voluntary consensus standards to the extent practicable report development of agency-unique standards participate in the development of voluntary consensus standards relevant to their needs Encouraging the trend toward Federal agency reliance on nongovernment standards is an important part of the U.S. Standards Strategy * Public Law and OMB Circular A-119

6 Goals of the Government in Using Voluntary Consensus Standards Eliminate the cost to the Government of developing its own standards Decrease the cost of goods procured and burden of complying with agency regulations Promote efficiency and economic competition through harmonization of standards Further the policy of reliance on the private sector to supply Government needs for goods and services

7 Examples of How Agencies Use Standards Incorporation of private sector standards into regulation by specific reference General references to private sector standards in regulation Agency-developed standards Recognition of consensus standards in support of regulations

8 Extent of Federal Use of Standards In regulation NIST has identified 9371 citations of standards incorporated by reference; more than 6500 are non-government standards In procurement DOD, NASA and GSA maintain lists of standards suitable for use in procurement actions DOD, the largest USG user of standards in procurement, lists more than 9500 voluntary standards in its procurement database (out of a total of more than 31,000) Despite duplication and overlap in lists, pattern of reliance on standards is clear

9 Major Sources of Standards Used by the Federal Government ASTM International American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Society of Automotive Engineers National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. American Petroleum Institute ISO/IEC International Maritime Organization (IMO) Compressed Gas Association

10 Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety Maintains a Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee Works with API, National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives (State agencies), Interstate Natural Gas Association, American Gas Association, American Public Gas Association

11 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing (workplace safety) standards and directives Risks due to high pressure hazards, gas releases, falls, slipping and tripping, poor machine guarding, etc. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Health and Safety Guide for Oil and Gas Drilling and Servicing API, Association of Oil Well Servicing Contractors and International Association of Drilling Contractors Recommended Practices (voluntary)

12 US Government Agency Participation in Standards Development More than 4000 agency staff participate in private sector standards development activities (497 organizations) Government agencies seek out relevant voluntary standards development venues: To support regulatory needs To enable efficient procurement To create solutions to support emerging national priorities

13 Advocating for U.S. Principles for Development and Implementation of Standards Encourage compatible governmental approaches to the use of standards as tools for meeting regulatory needs Encourage the use of standards that have global acceptance Promote key principles of standards development*: transparency, openness, impartiality and consensus, effectiveness and relevance, coherence (avoidance of duplication) *Annex 4, Second Triennial Review of the TBT Agreement, November 2000

14 Conformity Assessment-Related Activities U.S. law requires NIST to coordinate Federal, State, and local standards activities and conformity assessment activities with private sector standards activities and conformity assessment activities With the goal of eliminating unnecessary duplication and complexity in the development and promulgation of conformity assessment requirements and measures.

15 Federal Agency Conformity Assessment Guidance Directs Agencies to... Use results of other agencies and private sector activities to maximum extent feasible Use relevant guides or standards for conformity assessment as appropriate Identify appropriate private sector practices and programs and reference as appropriate Participate in efforts to improve coordination among government and private sector activities Work with other agencies to avoid duplication and complexity Participate in development of consensus standards

16 Different types of conformity assessment and their application Supplier s Declaration (1 st party) products systems people Inspection products Testing products people Certification (3 rd party) products people Registration (3 rd party) management systems Accreditation (3 rd party) conformity assessment programs processes

17 Risk and Conformity Assessment certification Perceived Risk Supplier s declaration 1 st party conformity assessment 3 rd party conformity assessment Independence and Rigor of Conformity Assessment

18 Factors considered in CA System Design The risks associated with non-compliance (need for confidence) should be proportional to the rigor and independence of the CA system. Effective technical methods of assessing characteristics of interest (ie testing, physical inspection, audit ) Resources available and sustainable to conduct conformity assessment (government funded, self sustaining ) System over-design will add too much cost and system underdesign will result in too little confidence of compliance Penalties associated with non-compliance may reduce the needed rigor and independence of the conformity assessment system. Timely mechanisms that effectively remove non-compliant products from the market may also reduce the needed rigor and independence of the system (regulatory).

19 Conclusions Individual federal agencies make effective use of private sector standards and conformity assessment programs in many applications Agencies must consider whether the use of standards helps them accomplish their missions, increases efficiency, reduce the burden on regulated and other communities and whether there is an impact on trade Greater reliance on standards and conformity assessment approaches with global acceptance facilitates both least burdensome regulatory approaches and trade

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