ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel (HSSP)

	The American National Standards Institute's Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP) has as its mission to identify existing consensus standards, or, if none exist, assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and those sectors requesting assistance to accelerate development and adoption of consensus standards critical to homeland security.
The ANSI-HSSP promotes a positive, cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors in order to meet the needs of the nation in this critical area. Recent News Items Overview Participation Organizational Structure Meeting Calendar Document Library Further Resources Membership in ANSI Staff Contacts

• ANSI-HSSP Workshop to Explore Federal Strategy for CBRNE Standards
  Reliable chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) countermeasures equipment is essential for the protection of life, health, property, and commerce. With an eye toward this critical aspect of national preparedness, in 2011 the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) collaborated with the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Commerce (DOC) to release the National Strategy for CBRNE Standards, outlining the federal vision and goals for the coordination and implementation of CBRNE equipment standards by 2020. On May 31, 2012, the American National Standards Institute Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP) will host a Workshop on CBRNE Standards to provide an overview of the national strategy and the status of the related work being done in the federal government.

• ANSI-HSSP Releases Tenth Plenary and Disaster Resilience for Buildings Workshop Reports
  The ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel has published two reports detailing findings from its recent Tenth Plenary meeting: Achievements from the Past Decade and Charting the Path Forward, and co-located workshop: Standards for Disaster Resilience for Buildings and Physical Infrastructure Systems.

• ANSI-HSSP Issues Plenary Report on Homeland Security
  The American National Standards Institute Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP) has released its final report from the panel's ninth plenary in November. The meeting brought together more than 130 experts from the U.S. and abroad to set a path for U.S.–European collaboration on global security issues. At the heart of the ANSI-HSSP’s discussions were standards and conformance-based solutions to support aviation, border, and maritime security, crisis management, and global supply chain security - key priorities identified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre as potential areas for collaboration at their April 2010 meeting.

• ANSI-HSSP Releases Final Report on Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs
  For the millions of Americans with special needs, emergencies and natural disasters present a unique challenge. Catastrophic events such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the 9/11 attacks revealed the crucial need for standards and other means of guidance to enhance emergency preparedness for persons with special needs. In an effort to advance standardization efforts in this area, the American National Standards Institute Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP) has released a final workshop report outlining recommendations for the timely development of standards to support more effective emergency preparedness for all. The report consolidates the panel’s findings from a series of 2010 workshops that examined various aspects of the standards and codes needed for reducing barriers to accessibility in emergencies.

• Cybersecurity Expert Melissa Hathaway Discusses Best Practices and Policy Issues at November ANSI Caucus
  According to President Obama's 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review, American business losses due to cyber attacks grew to more than $1 trillion in intellectual property between 2008 and 2009, underscoring the urgent need for common guidance in identifying and responding to cyber risks. In an ongoing effort to address this national priority, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) invited cybersecurity expert Melissa Hathaway to serve as the featured guest speaker at the Institute’s Caucus Luncheon on November 12 in Washington, DC. Ms. Hathaway discussed recent developments in cybersecurity policy and addressed the potential challenges of an overarching policy emerging from Congress in the next two years.

• ANSI-HSSP, European Commission's Joint Research Centre Set Path for U.S.- European Collaboration on Homeland Security Standardization
  More than 130 leading experts from the U.S. and abroad came together for the American National Standards Institute Homeland Security Standards Panel's (ANSI-HSSP) ninth annual plenary on November 9 - 10 to set a path for U.S.- European collaboration on homeland security standardization systems. The plenary drew representatives from sixty-seven U.S. and European organizations, including U.S. federal agencies, the European Commission, standards developers, industry, and academia. At the heart of their discussions were standards to support aviation, borders and maritime security, crisis management, and global supply chain security - the four critical areas identified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre as potential areas for collaboration at their April 2010 meeting.

• DHS Adopts Standards for Private Sector Emergency Preparedness Program

• ANSI-HSSP Workshops Spark Discussions on Accessibility and Product Standards for Persons with Disabilities

• ANSI-HSSP Workshop Details Standards Needs for Non-Invasive Inspection Systems

• ISA and ANSI Release New Action Guide to Help Business Leaders Mitigate the Risk and Damage of Cyber Attacks

• HSSP Convenes Eighth Plenary Session on Homeland Security Standards

• As Hurricane Season Unfurls, Standards Protect Homes Nationwide

• ANSI-HSSP Releases Workshop Report on Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities

• ANSI-HSSP Workshop Examines Urgent Needs in Transit Security Standardization

• ANSI-HSSP Workshop Spotlights Emergency Preparedness Needs for Persons with Disabilities

Established by ANSI in February 2003, per its charter the ANSI-HSSP has as its scope to catalog, promote, accelerate and coordinate the timely development of consensus standards within the national and international voluntary standards systems intended to meet identified homeland security needs, and communicate the existence of such standards appropriately to governmental units and the private sector. The Panel supports the work of the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate’s Office of Standards.

Participation in the ANSI-HSSP is open to representatives of industry, government, professional societies, trade associations, standards developers, and consortia groups directly involved in U.S. Homeland Security standardization.

The roster of Panel Participants is posted for information. Members of the ANSI-HSSP Steering Committee are listed in bold.

Any organization wishing to become a Panel Participant should contact the ANSI-HSSP Program Administrator (jcarl@ansi.org 212-642-4903) for further details on how to join.

ANSI-HSSP officers:

Co-Chair (private-sector):
Christian Dubay
Vice President and Chief Engineer
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Co-Chair (public-sector):
Gordon Gillerman
Conformity Assessment Advisor for Homeland Security
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Final deliverables have been produced for the following workshops:

• Cyber Security Phase II
• Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
• Emergency Communications
• Perimeter Security
• Enterprise Power Security and Continuity
• Biometrics
• Biological and Chemical Threat Agents

• The Tenth Plenary Meeting and Workshop of the ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP)
  was held on November 9-10, 2011 in Arlington, VA

• The Ninth Annual HSSP Plenary meeting
  was held on November 9-10, 2010 in Arlington, VA

• The eighth Plenary meeting
  was held on October 21, 2009 at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel.

• A workshop on Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs
  was held February 3-4, 2009 at the Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC.

• A workshop on Transit Security Standardization
  was held January 27-28, 2009 at the Executive Conference Center in Arlington, VA.

• The seventh Plenary meeting
  was held on October 2, 2008 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC.

• The sixth Plenary meeting
  was held October 3-4, 2007 at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD, in conjunction with the World Standards Council (WSC) International Workshop on Transit Security.

The The ANSI-HSSP Document Library contains documents relating to the work of the Panel and are available to Panel Participants.

• Ready Business
• Ready Classroom
• Citizen Preparedness
• Public Sector Resources
• Private Sector Resources
• International Resources

If you are not already a member of ANSI, find out more about the benefits of ANSI membership.

Michelle Deane
Director, ANSI-HSSP
American National Standards Institute
25 West 43rd Street, Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212.642.4884
Fax: 212.398.0023
E-mail: mdeane@ansi.org

Jessica Carl
Program Administrator, ANSI-HSSP
American National Standards Institute
25 West 43rd Street, Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 1.212.642.4903
Fax: 1.212.840.2298
E-mail: jcarl@ansi.org