[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 47 (Friday, March 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 12194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4849]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Public Forum for U.S. Standards Strategy

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Meeting/workshop notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will 
host, in conjunction with the American National Standards Institute, a 
public workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on April 15, 2005, at the 
Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The purpose of the workshop is 
to raise awareness of the effort currently underway to complete the 
United States Standards Strategy; to engage stakeholders in a dialogue 
of its principles, strategic initiatives and tactics; and to invite 
public comment. The results of the workshop discussions will be 
included in a compilation of public comments and considered in a final 
draft of the U.S. Standards Strategy. There is no charge for the 
workshop, but pre-registration is required. To register electronically, 
please send an e-mail message containing the attendee's name, title, 
organization, telephone, telefax and e-mail address to 
[email protected] or call 301-975-4000.

DATES: The workshop will begin on April 15, 2005, at 9 a.m. and 
conclude at noon.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Department of Commerce, 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC. Please note admittance instructions under SUMMARY 
paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Saunders, Chief, Standards 
Services Division, 100 Bureau Drive/MS 2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
2100, phone: (301) 975-4000 or e-mail [email protected]. For information on 
the draft U.S. Standards Strategy, refer to the Web site at http://www.ansi.org/usss.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Standards Strategy is a 
revision of the National Standards Strategy for the United States (NSS) 
(first edition--August 2000). The NSS was developed by a committee of 
private and public sector stakeholders in the U.S. standards system, 
under the sponsorship of the American National Standards Institute 
(ANSI). It was intended to serve as a strategic framework to help guide 
standards-related activities impacting trade, market-access, emerging 
national priorities, and more. Strategic and tactical initiatives 
contained within this framework were developed so that they could then 
be used by diverse interests to meet their respective national and 
individual organizational objectives. In mid-2004, ANSI convened a 
committee to review and revise the NSS. More than 100 representatives 
of industry; small, medium and large enterprise; standards developers 
and consortium; consumer groups; and federal and state government have 
participated in the review process. An initial draft of the second 
edition of the Strategy was issued for public review and comment in 
March 2005 (to access the draft text, refer to the Web site http://www.ansi.org/usss).

    Dated: March 7, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 05-4849 Filed 3-10-05; 8:45 am]
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