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Guidelines for NIST Staff Participating in Documentary Standards Developing Organizations’ Activities

Published

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux, Erik Puskar, Mary J. DiBernardo

Abstract

These guidelines were prepared by Standards Services of the Standards Coordination Office (SCO), the NIST organization that coordinates the formulation and implementation of the voluntary standards and conformity assessment policies of the federal government. This revision of the November 2005 Guidelines provides background, guidance and resources for NIST staff, and the management that supports these activities, on participating in voluntary standards activities.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7854
Report Number
7854

Keywords

documentary standards, standards committee participation, standards developing organizations, voluntary consensus standards, standards services group, committee participation

Citation

Rioux, N. , Puskar, E. and DiBernardo, M. (2012), Guidelines for NIST Staff Participating in Documentary Standards Developing Organizations’ Activities, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7854 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created June 6, 2012, Updated November 10, 2018
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