NIJ’s Standards Development Process
Description
This figure is a flowchart. It begins with "Engagement with practitioner community identifies the need for new or revised standard."
- Then Question: "Can an existing standard be adopted?"
- If "Yes," then "NIJ does not develop the standard."
- If "No," then Question: "Will another organization develop the standard?"
- If "Yes," then "NIJ does not develop the standard."
- If "No," then NIJ proceeds.
- Then "NIJ establishes a special technical committee and a stakeholder advisory working group"
- Then "The special technical committee develops or revises standards documents."
- During standards document development, "Vendor workshops are held to gather feedback."
- During standards document development, "Test methods are developed, adapted or adopted."
- Then "The special technical committee sends documents to advisory working group."
- Then "The advisory working group reviews documents from the special technical committee."
- Then Question: "Does the advisory working group have comments on the documents?"
- If "Yes," then return to 3, "The special technical committee revises standards documents."
- If "No," then "The documents are published in the Federal Register for public comment."
- Then Question: "Are there comments from the public requiring revision?"
- If "Yes," then return to 3, "The special technical committee revises standards documents."
- If "No," then "Test methods are independently evaluated."
- Then Question: "Are revisions needed to the test methods?"
- If "Yes," then return to 3, "The special technical committee revises standards documents."
- If "No," then "Standards documents are published."
- Then "A conformity assessment program is established."
- Then the flowchart returns to the beginning, "Engagement with the practitioner community identifies the need for new or revised standard."