NATIONAL COOPERATION FOR LABORATORY ACCREDITATION (NACLA) ACTIVITIES

摘要

I attended the NACLA second Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 10, at the headquarters of NIST in Gaithersburg, MD.Principal speakers included Dr. Rich Kayser, NIST Director of Technology Services; John Donaldson, Vice President of ANSI; Donald Heirman, Lucent Technologies, NACLA President; Veronicade Solorzano, EMA (Mexican accreditation body); and Don Wilson, Standards Council of Canada.Dr. Kayser told the nearly 100 attendees at the AGM that NIST shares the same goal as NACLA: elimination of duplication and inefficiencies by creation of a coordinated and efficient U.S. system for the many organizations that accredit testing and calibration laboratories. The NACLA approach of recognizing accreditation bodies that comply with appropriate international standards is consonant with the conformity assessment responsibilities assigned to NIST in the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act, as well as with the systems of other international accreditation cooperations.