The American National Standards Institute - ANSI - facilitates and corrdinates the U.S. voluntary standards and conformity assessment system.

Designation as an American National Standard (ANS) indicates that ANSI’s due process requirements – including openness, balance, and consensus – have been met in the development of a standard.

To help make standards development in the U.S. an equitable and open process that serves both industry and the public good, ANSI accredits standards developing organizations (SDOs) against a …

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The ANSI Essential Requirements govern the processes by which standards developers are accredited by ANSI and American National Standards are developed.

Below are the steps in ANSI's accreditation of standards developers divided into two phases – getting accredited and staying accredited. Getting accredited is a one-time application/review process, while …

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Submitting standards for approval as ANS Once your organization is accredited by ANSI to develop American National Standards (ANS), you are eligible to submit individual standards for approval as …