The National Standards Strategy Committee recently met in Washington, D.C., to discuss the progress made toward revising the U.S. National Standards Strategy.

Twenty-two representatives of the standards and conformity assessment community participate on the NSSC, which has been divided into four subgroups to tackle various elements within the NSS. At the September meeting, each group presented draft recommendations for potential revisions. They will report back to the larger body to discuss the input received and begin to coalesce their reports into a full-draft version.

The report will be made public in early 2005, when the NSSC plans to release it for review and comment. The American National Standards Institute is expected to give final approval to the document in May 2005.

For more information, visit www.ansi.org/nss.

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