Presentations: Fundamentals of Standards and Conformity Assessment for U.S. General Services Administration, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings
February 2, 2012
an overview of the history of standardization, the basics of the U.S. standards
players in the standards development community, the role of NIST and the
Federal government in standards developing organizations’ (SDO’s) activities;
and NIST resources available to you.
Mr. Erik Puskar, Program Manager, Standards Services, NIST
ISO/IEC 17000:2004, Conformity Assessment – Vocabulary and General Principles, defines conformity assessment as the demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or body are fulfilled. But what does this really mean? Learn more about general conformity assessment terms, such as testing, inspection, certification, accreditation, attestation, and more, and the use of conformity assessment in voluntary and regulatory environments.
Mr. Gordon Gillerman, Director, Standards Services, NIST