Overview of the U.S. approach to standards, conformity assessment, and metrology available.

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. provides assistance to U.S. government agencies and industry in order to overcome or eliminate technical barriers to trade. Since these barriers are often due to differences in standards and 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. practices between 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. and its trading partners, a NIST researcher has developed a CD ROM CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory entitled en·ti·tle
tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles
1. To give a name or title to.

2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: , "An Overview of the U.S. Approach to Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Metrology." As part of a larger effort that includes workshops and published documents, the purpose of this CD ROM is to educate NIST staff and representatives of other U.S. and foreign government and private sector agencies about responsibilities for developing or using standards and conformity assessment. The compendium-like CD includes informative chapters on NIST, standards, conformity assessment, regulations, metrology, and global issues. It also contains numerous links to the Web sites of other organizations and resources in the global commu-nity. This free CD ROM will be available while quantities last.

CONTACT: Libby Parker, (301) 975-3089; libby. parker@nist.gov.

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Publication:	Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Jul 1, 2003
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