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August 21, 2012 - Recent Treasury guidance consents to ANSI's international standards development activities with Iran. The Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) advised that ANSI's participation in international standards activities involving Iran is permitted by exception (section 560.21 O(c)) or general license (section 560.538) in the Iranian Transactions Regulations. Read the decision…
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The NTTAA
Standards.gov supports the requirements of The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA), which directs Federal agencies with respect to their use of private sector standards and conformity assessment practices. The objective is for Federal agencies to adopt private sector standards, wherever possible, in lieu of creating proprietary, non-consensus standards. The Act directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to bring together Federal agencies, as well as State and local governments, to achieve greater reliance on voluntary standards and decreased dependence on in-house standards.
Progress toward accomplishing NTTAA aims is summarized in annual reports prepared by NIST, in collaboration with the Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP).
- NTTAA Annual Reports
- Agency Reporting Tool [Standards Executives Only]
OMB Circular A-119
OMB Circular A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities, establishes policies on Federal use and development of voluntary consensus standards and on conformity assessment activities. OMB issued this revision of the Circular in order to make the terminology of the Circular consistent with the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA).
Guidance on Federal Conformity Assessment Activities
This document contains policy guidance on Federal agency use of conformity assessment activities. The document was developed by NIST in compliance with Paragraph 8 OMB Circular A-119.