[Cfrg] OMB Circular A-119
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Subject: [Cfrg] OMB Circular A-119
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This is all quotation from a newsletter on consortia generally. I've no time today and since the fuse is short, I am just forwarding it here and now. De-html-ized using /usr/local/bin/lynx. -----------------8<------------cut-here------------8<----------------- Recently, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed changes to the rules that govern not only participation by agency personnel in standards development, but also all procurement by government agencies as well. These changes are far-ranging, and some could have a significant negative impact on consortium-developed standards unless the proposed changes are modified. Public comments will be accepted through May 14. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S. standardization system, will be holding a Webinar on March 6 that will ouline the proposed amendments. The Webinar is free, but space is limited and advance registration is required, and I am forwarding that invitation to you below. Further engagement and information on these issues are available to ANSI members, and I will be circulating additional information, as well as proposed comments, to interested organizations (and OMB) as well. Please contact me if you would like to participate in those comments. Here is the Webinar invitation: Dear colleagues, On March 6, ANSI will host a webinar about the proposed revisions to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) [1]Circular A-119, "Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities." Thursday, March 6, 2014 2 to 3:45 pm Eastern [2]Register here The webinar will focus on a number of topics, including voluntary consensus standards and voluntary non-consensus standards, SDO process issues, IPR and incorporation by reference, conformity assessment, and agency-related issues. Several guest facilitators from the standardization community - both public and private sectors - will join us for the dialogue. Due to the anticipated level of interest in this webinar, please register in advance. Participation will be listen-only, but there will be an opportunity to pose questions to the facilitators via chat. By way of background, earlier this month, OMB posted a Federal Register [3]notice inviting public comment on the revised circular. ANSI will develop a consensus response on behalf of the standardization community, and we are asking stakeholders to submit any input on the revision to [4]eneiman@ansi.org by Friday, March 21. We also encourage individual companies and organizations to submit their own comments in direct response to the notice. Please note that final responses must be submitted to the Federal Register by May 12, 2014. If you have any questions or concerns about this issue, please feel free to reach out to me at any time. Thank you very much for your attention. Best regards, Liz Neiman __________________________________________________________________ References 1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a119/ 2. https://goansi.webex.com/mw0401l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=goansi&service=6&rnd=0.14018919824110876&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoansi.webex.com%2Fec0701l%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1559627649%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Dgoansi 3. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/02/11/2014-02891/request-for-comments-on-a-proposed-revision-of-omb-circular-no-a-119-federal-participation-in-the 4. mailto:eneiman@ansi.org