The 2005 State Laboratory Workload Survey has been completed with 98 percent participation as of this writing. This bi-annual survey has typically required that numerous follow-up contacts be made with laboratories to convince them of the importance of submitting their laboratory statistics. I am happy to report, based on feedback from the co-coordinators, that this year's on-line survey format provided the quickest and smoothest survey to date. I would like to commend Craig Gulka and his staff for their excellent support both in posting the survey and in making it accessible to the coordinators. Without their assistance in this matter we would not have had the same success with the survey. Thanks Craig. Thus far, no activity has occurred on the proposed updates to ASTM standards, E319, E898, E1270 and E617 on which the Legal Metrology Committee members had agreed to work. Conversations with Dr. George Rodriguez, E41.06 committee chair, have discovered that due to industry requests that have been forwarded to him, a committee to establish the scope of the E617 review and revision is being formed. Dr. Rodriguez is scheduled to meet with the NCSLI Adhoc Legal Metrology committee during our meeting in Washington, DC to discuss formation of an evaluation and review panel for E898 as well, so that updating of this document will also be started soon.
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