While technology is disrupting the personnel certification ecosystem, its transformative powers will be realized only if these innovations are grounded in quality standards. A standard […]
ISO/IEC 17000, the international standard for vocabulary and general principles related to conformity assessment, has a new revision in development. Now in the approval stage, […]
ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 accreditation is the premier personnel certification body accreditation worldwide. Around four million professionals hold a certification from a program accredited by the ANSI […]
With over 200 programs accredited worldwide, ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 Accreditation is the premier accreditation program for certification bodies (CBs). Any personnel certification body seeking ANSI National […]
Progress on development of the International Accreditation Forum‘s Database of Accredited Certifications (IAF CertSearch) continues, with development of the website and data collection. According to […]
There are many types of certification in the marketplace. One of the key differences among the various certifications is whether they are accredited or unaccredited. Why […]
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2013 established a voluntary program for the accreditation of third-party certification bodies (CBs), which is now reaching milestones […]
ISO 45001:2018 provides a nonprescriptive framework for occupational health and safety management systems, emphasizing concepts like top management and evaluation for continual improvement. The benchmarked […]