LINKS TO CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SITES
ACIL - ACIL is a national trade association representing independent, commercial engineering and scientific laboratory, testing, consulting and R&D firms.
ACA - Australian Communications Authority (Formerly Austel)
Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments (ACTA) - ACTA is the newly-formed industry council for Part 68 certification requirements and administration following the FCC's decision to privatize its Part 68 responsibilities. TIA and Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions have been selected to serve as joint sponsors of the Council.
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions - The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is a membership organization that provides the tools necessary for the industry to identify standards, guidelines and operating procedures that make the interoperability of existing and emerging telecommunications products and services possible.
Bellcore - Now Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Communications Standards Review - Communications Standards Review publishes technical reports on US (TIA) and International (ITU-T, ETSI) formal Standards Committee meetings.
Electronic Industry Association - EIA
European Union Directives & Harmonized Standards - This all encompassing European Union web site provides the user with information covering the European Commission, European Free Trade Association (EFTA), European Committee For Standardization (CEN), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Directives and Standards, European Union concepts, European Union Standards via keywords and product families, users questions, and how to purchase standards.
Federal Communications Commission - FCC - The mission of the FCC is to encourage competition in all communications markets and to protect the public interest. In response to direction from the Congress, the FCC develops and implements policy concerning interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
Government Printing Office - GPO
History of Telecom by William von Alven
U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA - The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Government whose mission is to protect, promote and enhance the health of the American people.
Industry Canada - The Certification and Engineering Bureau of Industry Canada provides a certification service for both radio and terminal equipment in Canada.
International Telecommunications Union - ITU - The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. ITU activities include the coordination, development, regulation and standardization of telecommunications and organization of regional and world Telecom events.
National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST - The National Institute of Standards and Technology was established by Congress "to assist industry in the development of technology . . . needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability . . . and to facilitate rapid commercialization . . . of products based on new scientific discoveries."
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory - NRTL - This database contains independent testing laboratories and their test standards which have been recognized by OSHA under the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL) Accreditation Program, Office of Variance Determination. This program was issued as a final rule, 29 CFR 1910.7, in the Federal Register, 54:12102-25, April 12, 1988. Text in OSHA Federal Register Index.
U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA - The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
Patton and Associates - Patton & Associates Consult in the Design, Test, Regulatory Type Approval and Market Entry of Telecommunications Terminal Equipment World-Wide.
RPQ Consulting - RPQ Consulting can assist or manage your EMC and/or Safety regulatory designs, evaluations, regulatory approvals and continuing compliance.
SafetyLink - Collection of electrical product safety and standards links
Telcordia Technologies, Inc. - (formerly Bellcore) was established on January 1, 1984 to provide engineering, administrative and other services to telecommunications companies of Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, SBC Communications, and US WEST.
Telecommunication Regulatory Links -This web site has been compiled by Robert E. McCauley, and contains an extensive list of links to National, International, and State Regulatory Agencies, Telecom and IT policy.
Telecommunications Industry Association - TIA - TIA is a trade organization serving 600 member companies in the communications and information technology industry. The association represents large and small companies which provide communications materials, products, systems, distribution services and professional services to the United States and countries around the world.
VCCI- Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment - Japan - This Council is a group which consists of ITE(information technology equipment) manufacturers and EMC test laboratories. The purpose of this Council is to take voluntary control measures against electromagnetic interference from ITEs, and thereby contribute to the development of a socially beneficial and responsible state of affairs in the realm of ITEs in japan.
White House - The Executive Office of the President of the United States includes senior policy advisors and offices responsible for the President's correspondence and communications, the Office of the Vice President, and the Office of the First Lady.
