National Standards Strategy for the United States
The National Standards Strategy for the United States (NSS) is a roadmap
to developing reliable, market-driven standards in all sectors.
National Standards Strategy for the United States (First edition – Approved August 2000)
The first National Standards Strategy for the United States (NSS) was developed
over a two-year period by a diverse group of government and private sector
representatives from industry, government, trade and professional societies,
and consumer organizations; it was approved in August 2000.
The primary focus of the NSS is to improve U.S. competitiveness in the global
marketplace while continuing to provide strong support for domestic markets and
key quality-of-life issues such as the environment. The NSS:
-
reaffirms that the U.S. is committed to a sector-based approach to voluntary
standardization activities, both domestically and globally;
-
provides an outline of key principles necessary for the development of
standards to meet societal and market needs and a strategic vision for
implementing these principles nationally and internationally;
-
provides a standardization framework built upon the traditional strengths of
the U.S. system – such as consensus, openness and transparency – while giving
additional emphasis to speed, relevance, and meeting the needs of public
interest constituencies;
-
sets forth a framework by building on the strengths of the U.S system by
proposing a set of strategic and tactical initiatives that can be used by all
interests to meet national and individual organizational objectives in the
standards arena.
Links
