Provisions Governing Qua/ification SD-6
APPENDIX A: DEFINITIONS
Activity. One of the organizational elements of the military departments, defense agencies. or civilian agencies.
Adopting activity. The activity responsible for the adoption of a non-government standard.
Agent. An activity which acts for, and by authority of, the Preparing Activity of a federal or defense specification (or adopting activity for a non-government standard). An agent may also administer QPLs and QMLs. The Preparing Activity retains responsibility and approval authority for the work accomplished.
Applicant. The manufacturer or distributor making application for qualification of a product.
ASSIST-Online is the Department of Defense's online index of specifications and standards. This online database lists defense and federal specifications and standards, guide specifications, defense handbooks, commercial item descriptions (CIDs), adopted non-government standards (NGS) and other related standardization documents used by the Department of Defense. The ASSIST-Online lists all electronic QPLs and QMLs
Civilian agency. A federal agency other than the Department of Defense.
Defense specification. A document that describes the essential technical requirements for purchased materiel that is military unique or a substantially modified commercial item.
Departmental Standardization Office (DepSO). A top-level office in each military department or defense agency responsible for managing the defense standardization program.
Distributor. Anyone authorized by the manufacturer to distribute the manufacturer's product. This also includes any distributor authorized by the manufacturer to rebrand and distribute a product under the distributor's own brand.
Federal specification. A specification issued or controlled by the General Services Administration (GSA) for commercial or modified commercial products, which contains requirements or tests too extensive to be suitable for a CID.
Manufacturer. The actual producer that is responsible for the fabrication or assembly of the final product, as defined by the specification.
Non-government standard (NGS). A national or international standardization document developed by a private sector association, organization, or technical society that plans, develops, establishes, or coordinates standards, specifications, handbooks, or related documents. This term does not include
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