5: Government Relations

The ANSI mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life. While there are many different federal government agencies, each with a specific mission, the overall role of government is to address the general needs of our society. In this regard, there is great synergy between ANSI and the public sector in that our respective missions share a common goal: we represent U.S. interests.

Other Information:

ANSI has a number of valuable offers to make to the many different U.S. government agencies involved in different aspects of international trade, foreign aid and international development efforts. To be a useful partner, ANSI needs to continue to seek out those agencies with common objectives, to find ways to partner with them, and to offer our services and products to them. To accomplish this, the Institute must respond to the government’s need for regulatory, health and safety and procurement documents by facilitating government use of voluntary consensus standards produced by ANSI members. We need to continue to foster federal use of, and participation in, standards activities, while we look for new opportunities to leverage our success at the federal level to attract new participation at the local and state levels.

Stakeholder(s):

• Government Agency Relationships: Cultivate existing relationships between ANSI and government entities, and create new ones, especially at the state and local levels, to advance U.S. standards and conformity assessment objectives.

Objective(s):

5.1

5.2: Participation by Government Employees

5.3: DHS

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