Eight Sources of Bias That May Impact Decision Making
Decision making is central to forensic science. Yet, even highly trained professionals can be influenced by cognitive bias. These subconscious influences can stem from how…
ISO/IEC 17020 vs ISO/IEC 17024: Key Differences Explained
In today’s quality-driven and highly regulated industries, demonstrating competence is essential. Organizations must not only prove that their processes are reliable, but also that their…
2026 Revision of ISO/IEC 17020: What Changes Are Coming and How ANAB Is Preparing Inspection Bodies
The new revision of ISO/IEC 17020:2026, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies performing inspection, was published in March 2026. For inspection bodies, this revision represents a…
A Day in the Life of an Influencer: Promoting Quality Infrastructure, One Assessment at a Time
Tweets, Posts, Reels, Blogs, TikToks, Videos, Slack. As a society, we are bombarded with social media, and in each channel, there are thousands of people…
Remote Assessments for Laboratories
What Is a Remote Assessment? ISO/IEC 17011:2017 defines remote assessment as an assessment of the physical location or virtual site of a conformity assessment body…
ANAB Supports Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly
What Is Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly? Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly is part of the organization’s “commitment to preserving the natural world.” It utilizes established product…
NFPA 790/791 Field Evaluation Body Program
ANAB’s Field Evaluation Body (FEB) program for NFPA 790, Standard For Competency Of Third-Party Field Evaluation Bodies, and NFPA 791, Recommended Practice And Procedures For…
Special Inspections Accreditation Meaning
Special Inspection is required for specific types of construction work, as defined in Chapter 17 of the International Building Code (IBC). Typically, building components involve professional…
Assessment and Audit Performance Techniques
Assessment and audit performance techniques include, but are not limited to, interviewing, audit sampling, communicating orally and in writing, and collecting objective evidence, all while…