The process of creating a standard is only one piece of a larger life cycle that spans from prestandardization investigation and planning through post-publication activities, including testing, ...

Effective for standards reporting in the Fall 2013 revision cycle are significant changes that include a new website to be the centralized entry point for participants in the process and also a single ...

On Friday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which sets many of the standards that cryptographers use to create robust security systems, gave notice that it would formally ...

Throughout my career, I have been deeply involved in research and initiatives aimed at reducing occupational cancer risks for firefighters, particularly through improved gear cleaning and ...

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 17, No. 15, Promoting Business Ethics: The Third Annual International Vincentian Conference (Nov., 1998), pp. 1701-1716 (16 pages) Voluntary Consensus Standards are ...

IEEE 802 standards are used but not often thought of in our daily lives—IEEE 802.3, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.15.4, Wi-SUN, etc. Despite these standards playing a role in almost every ...

ASHRAE announced its intent to continue development of a standard to establish safe management practices for building water systems. Global public health organization NSF International recently ...

Developing communications standards is an increasingly difficult task. Due to the cost, complexity and specialized knowledge needed, today's standards are usually developed using a consortium approach ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Request for Information on People’s Republic of China (PRC) policies and influence in the ...

It is critically important that IPAF and its members continue to play a key role in the development of voluntary consensus standards for MEWPs. Though the ultimate goal would be to have a single ...

As the general public now gets a chance to weigh in on a first draft of common standards in science, the question arises: Who is writing these voluntary standards, anyway? The short answer? It’s ...