2: Strategic Objectives
[Pursue] five fundamental strategic objectives. Other Information:
Federal Government engagement in standards activities should be guided by five fundamental strategic objectives [as outlined
below]. To realize these objectives, the Federal Government works with the private sector to address common standards-related
needs, taking on a convening and/or active-engagement role where necessary to ensure a rapid, coherent response to national
challenges. In undertaking such work, the Federal Government may play various roles in the standardization system -user, specifier,
participant, facilitator, advocate, technical advisor/leader, convener, or source of funding -to assure that key public policy
goals are achieved in a timely and effective manner. Successful achievement of these goals also requires an active effort
to promote information sharing and coordination across the Federal Government. When addressing national priorities, standardization
activities should recognize the global nature of many markets. In the context of communications technologies, for example,
both users and vendors realize enormous economies of scale when standards are globally developed and deployed. Users benefit
from lower prices offered by vendors able to realize the economies of scale of a globally sized market. When diverse national
standards are imposed, however, products must conform to diverse requirements for each national market, raising costs for
government and private sector users, limiting the flexibility needed for efficiency and innovation, and reducing profitability.
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