by jbs040610 d3 — April 9, 2010—The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is releasing the third edition of its Overview of the U.S. Standardization System. This booklet provides a high-level overview of U.S. voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment activities and is available to the public as an educational resource.
The overview, updated as the third edition in 2010, is one of several informational brochures published by ANSI. It is a sister document to the United States Standards Strategy and the National Conformity Assessment Principles for the United States.
The booklet explains the decentralized, demand-driven, and voluntary nature of the U.S. standards and conformance system. The history of standards and conformity assessment, as well as the strong impact that they have on the innovation of products, services, and systems in the U.S., are highlighted.
Overview of the U.S. Standardization System is available free online. For paper copies, e-mail Meg Cooper, communications assistant/journalist.
