BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 16.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:REQUEST X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT ATTENDEE;CN="Hicks, Micheal M. (Fed)";RSVP=TRUE:mailto:micheal.hicks@nist.g ov ATTENDEE;CN="Sefcik, David A. (Fed)";RSVP=TRUE:mailto:david.sefcik@nist.gov ATTENDEE;CN="Corey, Pamela L. (Fed)";ROLE=OPT-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:mailto: pamela.corey@nist.gov ATTENDEE;CN="Minnich, Loren B. (Fed)";RSVP=TRUE:mailto:loren.minnich@nist.g ov CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260206T154740Z DESCRIPTION:OWM Proficiency Testing Program for U.S. State Weights and Meas ures Laboratories \n\nJuly 23\, 2026 2:00 – 3:00PM EST\n\nMicheal Hic ks\n\nThis Info Hour will provide attendees with an overview of the OWM’ s proficiency testing (PT) program\, describe how the program operates\, a nd demonstrate the vital role it plays in evaluating the competency and tr aceability of participating laboratories’ measurement results. As part o f this overview\, we will discuss updates made to NISTIR 7214\, “Quality Manual for Proficiency Testing and Interlaboratory Comparisons\,” and N ISTIR 7082\, “Proficiency Test Policy and Plan\,” to bring them into c ompliance with ISO/IEC 17043 (2023)\, “Conformity Assessment.” We will conclude our discussion by detailing how PT planning and reporting is exe cuted at the annual Regional Measurement Assurance Program (RMAP) meetings by PT program staff and participating laboratories\, and how this underpi ns the quality management system (QMS) of state weights and measures labor atory programs and offers traceability for regulatory activities. \n\n \n\ n_________________________________________________________________________ _______\n\nMicrosoft Teams meeting \n\nJoin: https://teams.microsoft.com/m eet/23093639837924?p=E0NjSEeTYrRnuirSxx \n\nMeet ing ID: 230 936 398 379 24 \n\nPasscode: vS3Qa9Mb \n\n____________________ ____________\n\nNeed help? | System reference \n\nDial in by phone \n\n+1 443-339-4347\,\,907558660# United States\, Sherwood Forest \n\nFind a local number < https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdialin.t eams.microsoft.com%2F292b8cb3-df78-4db2-b335-f5296905ed36%3Fid%3D907558660 &data=05%7C02%7Cpamela.corey%40nist.gov%7Cd1d467af161247652baf08de64bba2c3 %7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C0%7C0%7C639058954230549090%7CUnknown %7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiI sIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FLkWLVHbaDCZcqscnxdAQ iSPUk1jEI9ShAya387xlHE%3D&reserved=0> \n\nPhone conference ID: 907 558 66 0# \n\nJoin on a video conferencing device \n\nTenant key: teams@join.nist .gov \n\nVideo ID: 119 978 075 1 \n\nMore info \n\nFor organizers: Meeting options | Reset dial-in PIN \n\nPlease Read Before Joining This Meeting: When joining NIST-hosted meetings\, all participants\, including guests\, are asked to refrain from recording the meeting by electronic means without prior written approval from the meeting host. This includes but is not limited to\, no audio\, vi deo\, and screen recordings made using any device or third-party applicati on.\n\nAdditionally\, if the meeting host chooses to record the meeting\, advance notice (i.e.\, prior to recording) must be provided to all partici pants\, and participants should be periodically reminded that the meeting is being recorded.\n\n____________________________________________________ ____________________________\n\n \n\n DTEND;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20260723T150000 DTSTAMP:20260205T133656Z DTSTART;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20260723T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T154740Z LOCATION:Microsoft Teams Meeting ORGANIZER;CN="Hicks, Micheal M. (Fed)":mailto:micheal.hicks@nist.gov PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:OWM Proficiency Testing Program for U.S. State Weights and Measures Laboratories TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E008000000004054E1D87896DC01000000000000000 010000000BA7DA723E599A243A260537288331F37 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n

OWM Proficiency T esting Program for U.S. State Weights and Measures Laboratories  \;

July 23\ , 2026 \; \; 2:00 – 3:00PM \; EST

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This Info Hour wil l provide attendees with an overview of \;the \;OWM’s \;prof iciency \;testing (PT) program\, \;describe \;how the program& nbsp\;operates\, \;and \;demonstrate \;the vital role it plays in evaluating the competency and traceability of \;participating  \;laboratories’ \;measurement \;results. \;As part of this o verview\, we will discuss updates \;made to NISTIR 7214\, “Quality M anual for Proficiency Testing and Interlaboratory Comparisons\,” and NIS TIR 7082\, “Proficiency Test Policy and Plan\,” to bring them into com pliance with ISO/IEC 17043 (2023)\, “Conformity Assessment.” \;We will conclude our discussion by detailing how PT planning and reporting is executed at the \;annual Regional Measurement Assurance Program \ ;(RMAP) \;meetings by \;PT program staff and \;participating l aboratories\, \;and how this underpins the quality management system ( QMS) of state weights and measures laboratory programs \;and \;off ers \;traceability \;for \;regulatory \;activities.  \;

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Meeting ID: 230 936 398 379 24

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Phone confer ence ID: 907 558 660#

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Video ID: < /span>119 978 075 1

For organizers: Meeting options | Reset dial-in PIN

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Please Read Before Joining This Meeting: When joining NIST-hosted meetings\, all participants\, i ncluding guests\, are asked to refrain from recording the meeting by elect ronic means without prior written approval from the meeting host. This inc ludes but is not limited to\, no audio\, video\, and screen recordings mad e using any device or third-party application.

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