Following the publication of the U.S. Standards Strategy 2025 (USSS), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is sharing its plans to translate the strategy into action, with a data-driven and collaborative approach centered on to the strategy’s key objectives.
What is the USSS?
The USSS is the nation’s blueprint for standards leadership, reaffirming America’s commitment to private-sector-led, market-relevant standards. It mobilizes the U.S. standards system to enable businesses to lead in emerging technologies, address geopolitical pressures, and access international markets.
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The 2025 revision was shaped by extensive input from across the U.S. standardization community in response to unprecedented technological change and intensifying geopolitical competition, where standards shape emerging industries. It establishes a shared vision for U.S. standards leadership—one that supports a stronger economic future, national security, and quality of life.
A Data-Driven Approach to Implementation
As a foundational step in implementation, ANSI is mapping existing programs and activities across its Institute, aligning them to the four USSS strategic objectives:
Data tracking will span a range of activities tied to each strategic objective, ranging from U.S. experts in international standardization leadership roles to cross-sector collaborative efforts to advance coordination in emerging technolgies. ANSI will report on key data points in 2026 to inform its constituents with a clearer picture of how U.S. standardization efforts are advancing the goals of the strategy.
Collaboration to Further Impact
ANSI continues to convene the standards community around high-priority technology areas. Recent engagements include the ANSI Global Standardization Conference: Enhancing U.S. Industry Leadership and Engagement, hydrogen standards informational webinars, and bilateral meetings with fellow National Standards Bodies (NSBs); further gatherings are planned for 2026 and beyond. These convenings reflect a core insight of the USSS: that U.S. leadership in emerging technologies depends not just on technical expertise, but on coordination.
Keeping the broader standards community informed is central to this effort. ANSI will share updates on implementation progress, and invites all stakeholders to follow along and engage at ansi.org/USSS.
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