82_FR_61512 82 FR 61265 - NIST Special Publication 2000-02: Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies

82 FR 61265 - NIST Special Publication 2000-02: Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 247 (December 27, 2017)

Page Range61265-61265
FR Document2017-27892

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on the draft Special Publication (SP) 2000-02 Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies (Considerations) document. The draft Considerations document is posted on the NIST website at: https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/special- publications-conformity-assessment.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


NIST Special Publication 2000-02: Conformity Assessment 
Considerations for Federal Agencies

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
requests comments on the draft Special Publication (SP) 2000-02 
Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies 
(Considerations) document. The draft Considerations document is posted 
on the NIST website at: https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/special-publications-conformity-assessment.

DATES: NIST requests comments on the draft Considerations document. 
Comments must be received by February 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to NIST in the following ways:
     Electronic comments: Online submissions in electronic form 
may be sent to [email protected] in any of the following formats: 
HTML; ASCII; Word; RTF; or PDF. Please include your name, 
organization's name (if any), and cite ``Comments on Draft Conformity 
Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies'' in all correspondence. 
Comments containing references, studies, research, and other empirical 
data that are not widely published should include copies of the 
referenced materials. The proposed update to the Considerations 
document is available for review at https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/special-publications-conformity-assessment. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, will be posted to the NIST 
website unchanged.
     Written comments may be submitted by mail to Lisa 
Carnahan, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the draft 
Considerations document or this Request for Comments should be directed 
to Lisa Carnahan by email at [email protected], or by phone at 301-
975-3362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
recently revised Circular A-119, ``Federal Participation in the 
Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity 
Assessment Activities,'' in light of changes that have taken place in 
the world of regulation, standards, and conformity assessment since the 
Circular was last revised in 1998.\1\ NIST is revising its conformity 
assessment materials to align with the updated Circular.
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    \1\ See ``OMB Circular A-119: Federal Participation in the 
Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in 
Conformity Assessment Activities,'' which was published on January 
27, 2016 and may be found at: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/revised_circular_a-119_as_of_1_22.pdf.
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    On February 28, 2017, NIST hosted a workshop to engage the 
conformity assessment community in the development of its conformity 
assessment materials. Updates to the conformity assessment materials 
reflect growth and evolution in the conformity assessment community as 
well as updates to the guidance in the revised OMB Circular A-119.
    Taking into consideration the feedback received from workshop 
participants as well as input received from conformity assessment 
stakeholders in both the public and private sectors, NIST has developed 
a draft of the following materials:

 Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal Agencies
 ABC's of Conformity Assessment

    The purpose of the draft Considerations document is to provide the 
basics on conformity assessment concepts and activities as well as 
provide considerations to those who use, rely on, develop, manage or 
operate conformity assessment programs within federal departments and 
agencies. The information contained within the draft Considerations 
document seeks to help federal agencies develop, operate, and use 
conformity assessment programs in order to provide confidence that 
requirements in regulation, federal procurement or federal agency 
programs are met and reduce conformity assessment redundancy and burden 
on regulated entities.
    Request for Public Comments: Persons interested in commenting on 
the draft Considerations document can submit their comments by 
following the instructions in the DATES and ADDRESSES sections.
    All comments will be made publicly available; therefore, personal, 
proprietary or confidential information should not be included. When 
submitting comments, inclusion of name, affiliation, and contact 
information (phone number and/or email address in case of questions 
about the comment) are optional. Comments containing references, 
studies, research, and other empirical data that are not widely 
published should include copies of the referenced materials.

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2017-27892 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am]
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                                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Consensus Standards and in Conformity                 the comment) are optional. Comments
                                                                                                       Assessment Activities,’’ in light of                  containing references, studies, research,
                                               National Institute of Standards and                     changes that have taken place in the                  and other empirical data that are not
                                               Technology                                              world of regulation, standards, and                   widely published should include copies
                                                                                                       conformity assessment since the                       of the referenced materials.
                                               NIST Special Publication 2000–02:                       Circular was last revised in 1998.1 NIST
                                               Conformity Assessment                                                                                         Kevin Kimball,
                                                                                                       is revising its conformity assessment
                                               Considerations for Federal Agencies                     materials to align with the updated                   NIST Chief of Staff.
                                                                                                       Circular.                                             [FR Doc. 2017–27892 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am]
                                               AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
                                               and Technology, Department of                              On February 28, 2017, NIST hosted a                BILLING CODE 3510–13–P

                                               Commerce.                                               workshop to engage the conformity
                                               ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
                                                                                                       assessment community in the
                                                                                                       development of its conformity                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                               SUMMARY:   The National Institute of                    assessment materials. Updates to the
                                               Standards and Technology (NIST)                         conformity assessment materials reflect               National Institute of Standards and
                                               requests comments on the draft Special                  growth and evolution in the conformity                Technology
                                               Publication (SP) 2000–02 Conformity                     assessment community as well as
                                                                                                                                                             NIST Special Publication 2000–01:
                                               Assessment Considerations for Federal                   updates to the guidance in the revised
                                                                                                                                                             ABC’s of Conformity Assessment
                                               Agencies (Considerations) document.                     OMB Circular A–119.
                                               The draft Considerations document is                       Taking into consideration the                      AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
                                               posted on the NIST website at: https://                 feedback received from workshop                       and Technology, Department of
                                               www.nist.gov/standardsgov/special-                      participants as well as input received                Commerce.
                                               publications-conformity-assessment.                     from conformity assessment
                                                                                                                                                             ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
                                               DATES: NIST requests comments on the                    stakeholders in both the public and
                                               draft Considerations document.                          private sectors, NIST has developed a
                                                                                                                                                             SUMMARY:    The National Institute of
                                               Comments must be received by                            draft of the following materials:
                                                                                                                                                             Standards and Technology (NIST)
                                               February 26, 2018.                                      • Conformity Assessment                               requests comments on the draft Special
                                               ADDRESSES: Comments may be                                 Considerations for Federal Agencies                Publication (SP) 2000–01 ABC’s of
                                               submitted to NIST in the following                      • ABC’s of Conformity Assessment                      Conformity Assessment document. The
                                               ways:                                                      The purpose of the draft                           draft ABC’s of Conformity Assessment
                                                  • Electronic comments: Online                        Considerations document is to provide                 document is posted on the NIST website
                                               submissions in electronic form may be                   the basics on conformity assessment                   at: https://www.nist.gov/standardsgov/
                                               sent to sp2000-02@nist.gov in any of the                concepts and activities as well as                    special-publications-conformity-
                                               following formats: HTML; ASCII; Word;                   provide considerations to those who                   assessment.
                                               RTF; or PDF. Please include your name,                  use, rely on, develop, manage or operate
                                               organization’s name (if any), and cite                  conformity assessment programs within                 DATES:  NIST requests comments on the
                                               ‘‘Comments on Draft Conformity                          federal departments and agencies. The                 draft ABC’s of Conformity Assessment
                                               Assessment Considerations for Federal                   information contained within the draft                document. Comments must be received
                                               Agencies’’ in all correspondence.                       Considerations document seeks to help                 by February 26, 2018.
                                               Comments containing references,                         federal agencies develop, operate, and                ADDRESSES: Comments may be
                                               studies, research, and other empirical                  use conformity assessment programs in                 submitted to NIST in the following
                                               data that are not widely published                      order to provide confidence that                      ways:
                                               should include copies of the referenced                 requirements in regulation, federal                      • Electronic comments: Online
                                               materials. The proposed update to the                   procurement or federal agency programs                submissions in electronic form may be
                                               Considerations document is available                    are met and reduce conformity                         sent to sp2000-01@nist.gov in any of the
                                               for review at https://www.nist.gov/                     assessment redundancy and burden on                   following formats: HTML; ASCII; Word;
                                               standardsgov/special-publications-                      regulated entities.                                   RTF; or PDF. Please include your name,
                                               conformity-assessment. Comments                            Request for Public Comments: Persons               organization’s name (if any), and cite
                                               submitted electronically, including                     interested in commenting on the draft                 ‘‘Comments on Draft ABC’s of
                                               attachments, will be posted to the NIST                 Considerations document can submit                    Conformity Assessment’’ in all
                                               website unchanged.                                      their comments by following the                       correspondence. Comments containing
                                                  • Written comments may be                            instructions in the DATES and ADDRESSES               references, studies, research, and other
                                               submitted by mail to Lisa Carnahan,                     sections.                                             empirical data that are not widely
                                               National Institute of Standards and                        All comments will be made publicly                 published should include copies of the
                                               Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop                      available; therefore, personal,                       referenced materials. The proposed
                                               2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.                           proprietary or confidential information               update to the ABC’s of Conformity
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                       should not be included. When                          Assessment document is available for
                                               Questions regarding the draft                           submitting comments, inclusion of                     review at https://www.nist.gov/
                                               Considerations document or this                         name, affiliation, and contact                        standardsgov/special-publications-
                                               Request for Comments should be                          information (phone number and/or                      conformity-assessment. Comments
                                               directed to Lisa Carnahan by email at                   email address in case of questions about              submitted electronically, including
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                                               SP2000-02@nist.gov, or by phone at                        1 See ‘‘OMB Circular A–119: Federal Participation
                                                                                                                                                             attachments, will be posted to the NIST
                                               301–975–3362.                                           in the Development and Use of Voluntary               website unchanged.
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office                   Consensus Standards and in Conformity                    • Written comments may be
                                               of Management and Budget (OMB)                          Assessment Activities,’’ which was published on       submitted by mail to Amy Phelps,
                                                                                                       January 27, 2016 and may be found at: https://
                                               recently revised Circular A–119,                        obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/
                                                                                                                                                             National Institute of Standards and
                                               ‘‘Federal Participation in the                          omb/inforeg/revised_circular_a-119_as_of_1_           Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
                                               Development and Use of Voluntary                        22.pdf.                                               2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; request for comments.
DatesNIST requests comments on the draft Considerations document. Comments must be received by February 26, 2018.
ContactQuestions regarding the draft Considerations document or this Request for Comments should be directed to Lisa Carnahan by email at [email protected], or by phone at 301- 975-3362.
FR Citation82 FR 61265 

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