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Title: American Council of Independent Laboratories ACIL


1
American Council of Independent Laboratories
(ACIL)
  • A Background Presentation to the Interagency
    Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP)
  • January 24, 2008
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

2
Topics
  • Background
  • Organization
  • Federal Activities

3
Background
  • Founded in 1937
  • 209 Members
  • Represents
  • Testing laboratories
  • Product certifiers
  • Manufacturers labs
  • RD firms
  • Consultants and suppliers

4
ACIL Vision
  • To be recognized as the leader in advancing the
    interests of the testing industry

5
ACIL Mission
  • To Enhance Members Success by
  • Providing advocacy, education, service and mutual
    support
  • Promoting quality, ethics, independence,
    objectivity and free enterprise
  • Note Strategic Planning in February 2008

6
Organization
  • Board of Directors (11)
  • Committees (2)
  • Sections (4)

7
Committees
  • Government Relations
  • Business Practices

8
Sections
  • Conformity Assessment
  • Environmental
  • Microbiology and Analytical Chemistry
  • Construction Materials, Engineering and Testing

9
Public Policy
  • Laboratory Accreditation
  • Unfair Competition

10
Member Benefits
  • Laboratory Referral Database
  • Searchable on ACIL Website
  • By Product, Test Method, Geography

11
Federal Activities
  • Commerce/NIST
  • FDA
  • FCC
  • DOL/OSHA
  • DOD
  • EPA
  • CPSC
  • DHS

12
Commerce/NIST
  • Founder - NVLAP
  • MRAs
  • NVCASE
  • NACLA

13
FDA
  • Proposal on Import Sampling
  • Food Safety
  • Seal of Excellence Program

14
FCC
  • MRAs
  • TCB Program
  • Streamlining of Equipment Authorization

15
Department of Labor/OSHA
  • NRTL Program
  • OSHA Alliance
  • ACES

16
Department of Defense
  • MOU with US Army Corps of Engineers
  • NAVAIR
  • NAVSEA

17
Environmental Protection Agency
  • CNAEL
  • The NELAC Institute (TNI)
  • NEMC Co-Sponsor with TNI
  • EPA Technical Committees on Methods

18
Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • ACIL Member Laboratories Resource
  • Accreditation (Mattress Standard)
  • Consumer Product Safety Reform Act

19
Department of Homeland Security
  • Safety Act
  • Body Armor, Interoperability, Biometrics
  • Conformity Assessment Infrastructure

20
For More Information
  • Eddie Van Aken, Acting Executive Director
  • ACIL
  • 1629 K Street, NW
  • Washington, DC 20006
  • 202-887-5872
  • 202-887-1612
  • www.acil.org
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