ASTM Launches Internet System for Standards Development

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ASTM International launched an Internet-based system designed to initiate, develop and track draft standards and revisions before and during their balloting stage.
The new Work Item Registration system, which is accessible at ASTM.org, opens the consensus standards development process. Any interested individual from anywhere in the world can access information; use keyword searches about new standards and revisions; sign up for e-mail notification of new work items in their area of interest; and view a committee’s jurisdiction for the item.
The new system also provides for improved access and involvement for ASTM members at every stage of the standards development process.
“Transparency in the standards development process has always been one of the guiding principles at ASTM,� president James Thomas said. �With the launch of our Work Item Registration system we have taken transparency to an even higher level.�
For information contact Barbara Schindler. E-mail bschindl@astm.org �2003 FastenerNews.com