[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR286.6]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 286--NATIONAL VOLUNTARY CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM EVALUATION (NVCASE) PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 286.6  Public consultation.

    NIST relies on substantial advice and technical assistance from all 
parties interested in program requirements and related specific 
criteria. Interested U.S. government agencies are routinely to be 
informed of prospective NVCASE actions, and advice is sought from those 
agencies on any actions of mutual interest. In preparing program 
documentation, input is also sought from workshops announced in the 
Federal Register and open tothe general public and other public means to 
identify appropriate standards and guides and to develop and maintain 
generic requirements, based on the identified standards and guides. 
Where relevant Federal advisory committees are available, their advice 
may also be sought. Similar procedures will be followed with respect to 
each request for evaluation which necessitates the development of 
criteria, derived from the generic requirements, specific to mandated 
foreign technical requirements.