SD-9 Dod Guidance On Participating In The Development And Use Of Non-Government StandardsThe purpose of this document is to promote more effective DoD use of nongovernment standards NGSs and participation in their development.To achieve this purpose, this document describes the different types of NGSs and the organizations that develop them, provides general guidance and practices relative to DoD┬┐s involvement in developing or using NGSs, identifies criteria that should be considered regarding requirements and verification before developing an NGS or replacing an existing military or federal document with an NGS, clarifies the roles and responsibilities of DoD personnel when participating in NGS activities, and explains the meaning of DoD adoption of an NGS and its importance.

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pants must work with individual consortia when participation might be beneficial to determine its membership, participation, voting, and standards availability rules and determine on a case-by-case basis whether participation would be beneficial and

would not violate any Government laws or regulations concerning conflicts of interest or antitrust issues.

American National Standards Institute

ANSI is a private, not-for-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system. Unlike many nations, the U.S. does not have a single Government agency or Government appointed national standards body

to serve as the U.S. member body to the International Organization for Standardi- zation (ISO) or the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Instead, the U.S. Government recognizes ANSI as the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC.

ANSI does not develop standards.ANSI establishes standards-setting criteria based on openness, balance, due process, and consensus agreement by materially affected parties and then accredits standards developers that adhere to these criteria. Only standards submitted to ANSI by an accredited standards developer and then approved by ANSI may be designated as an American National Standard.These documents are identified with distinct ANSI markings which indicate the standards are the product of the accredited standards community.

Perhaps the best way to categorize ANSI is as a federation of NGSBs, companies, Government agencies, academia, consumer interests, labor groups, and others who work together in defining the policies and procedures to accredit U.S. standards devel-

opers and conformity assessment systems and to ensure the integrity of the U.S. volun-

tary consensus standards system. DoD participation in ANSI activities is generally at a policy level working on boards, committees, councils, and forums that plan and oversee standards coordination and development work.

Non-U.S. Standards Organizations

So far in this section, NGSBs have been categorized primarily by the types of mem- berships they serve, such as trade associations or professional societies. Another way to categorize NGSBs is by their geographic participation and sphere of use. For example, national standards organizations are ones that generally limit participation to citizens

within a country or whose standards are usually only used within that country.The

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