Key Functions

• Promotes the principles and advantages of standardization, standards, and conformity assessment.
• Represents the views and concerns of standards users to standards developers.
• Represents the United States and Canada in the International Federation of Standards Users (IFAN).
• Develops, encourages, and supports educational programs and literature through conferences, publications, and courses.
• Provides a network for sharing knowledge and information in the standards community.
• Developer of American National Standard for the designation and organization of standards.