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ANSI to Act as Accreditation Organization in Massachusetts’s New Rules to Protect Senior Investors
Tue, 06/12/2007 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- In a crackdown on what the Massachusetts Securities Division calls a marked increase in the use of purported professional designations targeting senior citizens, Massachusetts adopted in May the nation’s first senior… New Food Safety and Quality Standards
Tue, 08/07/2007 - 22:00
(FAO: Rome/Geneva) -- The Codex Alimentarius Commission has adopted 44 new and amended food standards and set up a comprehensive set of risk analysis principles to help governments establish their own standards, especially for food items that are… ITU Forms a Focus Group for Internet TV Standards
Tue, 05/09/2006 - 22:00
The International Telecommunications Union has formed a focus group to lead standardization efforts for Internet television.Internet Protocol Television is a system by which digital television content is delivered via a broadband connection… A New Standard for Labels
Tue, 08/08/2006 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new standard to clarify types of environmental labels used to designate potentially harmful products. ISO 14025:2006, "Environmental labels and declarations—Type III… New Standard Sets Requirements for Pipeline Workers
Tue, 11/07/2006 - 22:00
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recently announced a new standard relating to the skills required of pipeline workers. "ASME B31Q: Pipeline Personnel Qualification Standard" details the tasks typically performed by pipeline… Education Award Jury Picked
Tue, 02/13/2007 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization recently selected the members of a jury that will choose winners of a new award for the teaching of standardization in higher education. The ISO Award for Higher Education in… News from the U.S. TAG to TC 176
Mon, 10/10/2005 - 22:00
Alka Jarvis, Cisco Systems manager of software quality, will likely replace John E. "Jack" West as the chair of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to TC 176. West is stepping down after nine years of leading the committee and Jarvis is the only… New European Chemicals Agency Starts Operations as REACH Enters Into Force
Tue, 07/10/2007 - 22:00
The new European chemicals legislation—registration, evaluation, authorization, and restrictions of chemicals (REACH)—has started and with it the new European Chemicals Agency has begun operations in Helsinki. The REACH regulation will… UHV: Helping Deliver Future Energy Demands
Tue, 08/07/2007 - 22:00
(IEC: Geneva, Switzerland) -- The leading experts in the field of ultra high voltage (UHV), are to begin defining the technical and safety specifications for this promising new technology that is set to help deliver the world’s increased… Department of Commerce Issues a Standard for ID Cards
Tue, 03/07/2006 - 22:00
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, a part of the Department of Commerce, recently issued the final specifications for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards. The cards will be required of all federal employees and…