3.7: International Conformity Assessments

Consider conformity assessment approaches that take account of elements from international systems.

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Agencies should explicitly include consideration of conformity assessment approaches that take account of elements from international systems, to encourage private sector support and minimize duplicative testing. Agencies should evaluate whether their objectives necessitate creating government-unique conformity assessment schemes, which may be expensive to develop and maintain, may impose additional costs on the private sector, and may not be recognized beyond national boundaries. In doing so, agencies should use existing best practices and leverage available resources in the private sector as well as within the Federal Government. Such expertise is available at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which has statutory authority to coordinate conformity assessment activities of Federal, State and local governments, and the private sector.

Stakeholder(s):

• International Standards Organizations


• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)


• State Governments


• Local Governments


• Private Sector

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