National Policy Committee (NPC)

The NPC is responsible for broad-based policy and position decisions regarding national standards development process issues, government relations and public policy issues.

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The ANSI National Policy Committee (NPC) is an Institute policy committee that reports to the Executive Committee of the ANSI Board of Directors. The following excerpt from the ANSI By-Laws describes this committee and its role:

Section 6.03 National Policy Committee.

The National Policy Committee shall be responsible for broad-based policy and position decisions regarding national standards issues and government relations and public policy issues (except as otherwise delegated by the Board to another body or to the extent such decision would significantly change or affect the strategic direction of the Institute or the federation)

Reporting to the NPC are the following Institute program oversight committees:

• Appeals Board
• Board of Standards Review (BSR)
• Executive Standards Council (ExSC)
• Committee on Education (COE)

The NPC is also responsible for reviewing and formulating ANSI positions in connection with ANSI government-related activities. In addition to activities related to Congress, federal agencies and state and local governments, the NPC is responsible for formulating and approving ANSI's role in connection with outside organizations and coalitions which may be useful in achieving ANSI’s objectives.

The NPC may recommend policies or positions to the ANSI Board of Directors for approval, as necessary.

The NPC Membership is made up of members of ANSI.

The current NPC Chair is:
Ms. Mary H. Saunders
National Institute of Standards and Technology

For a schedule of upcoming meetings, click here.
[Note: Please enter either National Policy Committee or NPC in the Key Word search field in the ANSI Online calendar of events]

The ANSI National Policy Committee Document Library contains information available only to registered NPC members. It requires a username and password to use. To access the document library, click here. For more information about document access, click here.

If you are not already a member of ANSI, find out more about the benefits of ANSI membership.

Scott P. Cooper
Vice President, Government Relations DC
tel: 1.202.331.3610
fax: 1.202.293.9287
email: scooper@ansi.org