Standards data network
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Will be developed jointly by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the American National Standards Institute. The two organizations signed a cooperative agreement Aug. 18 to create an electronic standards network that will link the databases of hundreds of U.S. groups involved in the development, production, distribution and use of technical standards. The project is being funded by both the ANSI federation and through the U.S. government's Technology Reinvestment Project. A $2 mil. award supports the first two years of the five-year program