DIRECTORY OF PRIVATE-SECTOR PRODUCT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM UPDATED.The 2001 edition of the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. Special Publication 903, Directory of U.S. Private Sector Product Certification Product certification or product qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance and/or quality assurance tests or qualification requirements stipulated in regulations such as a building code and nationally accredited test standards, Programs, is available. NIST is obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to provide conformity assessment Conformity assessment is any activity to determine, directly or indirectly, that a process, product, or service meets relevant standards and fulfills relevant requirements. information, including information on private sector certification bodies, under a number of acts and international and regional trade agreements. This directory helps fulfill some of those obligations and also aids in recognizing the diversity, and therefore the complexity, of U.S. private sector product certification activities. The revised directory summarizes the product certification activities of over 122 non-governmental organizations “NGO” redirects here. For other uses, see NGO (disambiguation). A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by private persons or organizations with no participation or representation of any government. based in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . It includes organizations that operate strictly within the United States, those that operate at both the U.S. and international levels, and those that operate as the U.S. component of an international program. The directory includes only product or facility-related certification programs. It does not attempt to address programs that certify, register, or accredit To give official authorization or status. To recognize as having sufficient academic standards to qualify graduates for higher education or for professional practice. In International Law: services, professional skills, or quality/environmental management systems. However, an appendix has been included in the directory to provide information obtained from the websites of major certifier organizations that did not respond to several requests for information on their programs. The directory includes organizations which: administer a certification program and certify that products meet some criteria; administer a program using an independent, third party certifier; or serve as the independent, third parties certifier for a program administered by another organization. Entries in the directory describe the type and purpose of each organization, the nature of the activity, products certified, standards used in the assessment, certification requirements, and any accreditation or recognition by a U.S. or foreign private sector or government agency, availability of services, methods of cost determination, and other relevant details. Where available, a representation of the organization's mark is included with each entry, as well as a pictorial index of all such marks. Special Publication 903 is designed to meet the needs of federal agencies and standards writers, as well as manufacturers, engineers, purchasing agents, distributors, and others concerned with product-related certification procedures. |
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