Presentation to NIST

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• Presentation to NIST
• on
• US Participation in CASCO
• 10 October 2002
• Lane Hallenbeck
• Vice President
• Conformity Assessment

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ANSI Conformity Assessment committee
administration

• CAPC (Conformity Assessment Policy Committee)
• ANSI board level policy direction (previously
  BCCA)
• ICAC (International Conformity Assessment
  Committee)
• Coordinates US inputs to ISO CASCO
• ACC, PCAC (Accreditation Committees)
• Manages accredited certifier programs for product
  and personnel
• ACC attends to FCC/NIST accreditation for telecom
  cert bodies (TCBs)
• JOB (ANSI-RAB NAP Joint Oversight Board)
• Bridge between ANSI and RAB managing policy and
  finances of NAP
• Direction for ANSI-RAB accreditation of ISO 9k
  14k Registrars
• EMS (ANSI-RAB Environmental Management System
  Council)
• Decision making body for accreditation of ISO
  14000 Registrars

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Organizational relationships
ANSI BoD
RAB BoD
JOB
CAPC
IPC
NPC
USNC
ACC
PCAC
ICAC
EMS
QMS
CPIF
Aud Cert
Product
CMF
ISO 14000
ISO 9000
Personnel
CASCO
Training
Auditors
GMF
OMF
CIF
ANSI CA Dept
RAB Ops
CASCO
IAF
IAAC
PAC
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Conformity Assessment Framework and ANSI
Standards Assessment Self-Declaration Cert
ification Accreditation Recognition
Acceptance
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Who ANSI Accredits
Product Certifiers - Yes Management System
Registrars - Yes Standards Developers - Yes Per
sonnel Certifiers - Yes Laboratories - No In
spection Bodies - No
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Accreditations

• (as of September 2002)
• ANSI-RAB NAP
• 67 QMS Registrars (ISO 9000)
• 35 EMS Registrars (ISO 14000)
• ANSI PRODUCT CBs
• 32, including
• 15 Telecom Cert Bodies (TCB)
• ANSI PERSONNEL CBs
• 5 in pilot program

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Conformity Assessment Requirements
Accreditors ISO/IEC Guide 61 (future
ISO/IEC 17011) Systems Registrars ISO/IEC Guides
62 66 (future ISO/IEC 17021) Product
Certifiers ISO/IEC Guide 65 Personnel
Certifiers ISO/IEC FDIS 17024
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Personnel Standards and Conformity Assessment

• Industry, government, associations and
  professionals express a need for
• criteria equivalence
• comprehensive examination
• competent examiners
• recognized certification
• international acceptance

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ISO/IEC CD 17024 (for Personnel Certification
Bodies)

• Requirements include
• Organizational structure, Subcontractor control
• Management system (internal audit, mgmt review)
• Records, Confidentiality
• Examiner competence, Examination criteria
• Certification, Surveillance, Re-certification
  process
• Use of certificates, logos, marks
• Obligations of certified persons

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ANSI Accreditation of Personnel Certifiers

• Per ISO/IEC 17024 (FDIS publish year-end)
• Accreditation process
• Application
• Systems audit on-site
• Psychometrics evaluation
• Accreditation committee decision
• Surveillance

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Convergence/connectivity of standards
System Process Product Personnel
Confidence
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e.g., ISO 9001/2000
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Understanding and Educating

• National Standards Strategy 2000
• National Conformity Assessment
• Principles 2002

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Information Sources

• Standards Action
• http//www.ansi.org/rooms/room_14/
• Register for a free E-mail notice when each new
  issue is posted
• www.ansi.org
• Reference Library procedures, forms, updates
• www.NSSN.org database of standards including
  ANS
• Lane Hallenbeck E-mail lhallenb_at_ansi.org