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Appendix A: OMB Circular No. A-119
Appendix A: OMB Circular No. A-119
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A-119 which provides guidance to agencies in working with, and using the products of, private sector standards organizations. The effect of this revision is to eliminate the costly, unnecessary, and burdensome aspects of the Circular, while continuing to encourage agency participation in the de`7elop~nent of private sector standards.
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TO '1-~ E~:=S OF -=XECtJTIVE: DEPAR1~S AND ESTABLI STUNTS SUBJECT: Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Standards ~ ~ Purpose . hi s Circular establishes policy to be followed by executive agencies in wor} |
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g. Acloutio~s means the spasm at ~ latest: Edison of a voluntary standard in Bale, ~ part, ar }fly reference for procurement proses ah he inclusion A he latest edition of a Voluntary 5~0 I" wholes ~ part' or by reference in regulation t a)
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Participate in voluntary standards bodies when such participation is in the public interest and is compatible with agencies' missions, authorities, priorities, and budget resources; and c. Coordinate agency participation in voluntary standards bodies so that (1)
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~ 4) Voluntary standards adopted by Federal agencies should be referenced, along with their aetes of issuance anci sources of a~railability, in appropriate publications, regulatory o rders, and re ~ atec!
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Norma ~ i y, the total amount of Fec~eral support should be no greater t-han that of se' private sector participants ire that activity except when it is in the direct and predominant interest of tile Government to Deere fop a stanciard or Levi si on thereto and its development appears unliXe' y in the absence of such support. T~.e form of agency support, s~j ect to legal and budgetary authority, may zinc dude: (a)
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~ E3 ~ Participation by agency representatives in the policymaking process of voluntary standards bodies, in accordance with the procedures of Chose bodies, is encouraged -particularly in matters such as es tarnishing priorities, developing procedures for preparing, reviewing, a2:c1 approving standards, and creating standards-de~reloping groups. In order to maintain Ache private, nongovernmental nature of such bodies, nowe~rer, agency representatives should refrain from decisionma3 |
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Implement the policy in paragraph 6 of this Circular in accordance with the policy guidelines i2: paragraph 7 we t-hin 120 days of issuance; , ( 2 ) Estab ~ i sh procedure s to erasure that agency representatives participa~cing in voluntary standards bodies and standards-developing groups wi 11, to the extent pa ssible, ascertain the views of the agency on matters of paramount interest and will, as a minimum, express views that are not inc onsi stent o r in cony li at wi ~ e stab li shed agency hi ews; (3)
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100 Po l: cut Review. The policy contained in this Ctra:~= ball be reviewed for effectiveness by =e Office of Management and Budget - -~e years fro.
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precondi~ ion to federal participation in private standards activities. Such a precondition is overly restrictive, since as a practice' spatter federal agencies will often be required to adopt the standards developed regardless of federal participation in their development .
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Shis Code, approved by Congress as well as by our leading trading partners, seeks to prevent the creation of product standards which discriminate against import competition. St requires central governmental bodies to provide notice end opportunity to comment in the it own standards maksog activities, and encourages qo~rernments to take reasonable measures to ensure that non-governmetal bodies provide similar protection.
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(21 voluntary standards bodies. and (31 those standards organizations with which Federal agencies interaction the Mounds that this would result in extensive and c~ostI, reporting -acquirements.
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~m;'2sr:ent Me policy id paragraph ~ of this Circular in 2~rdan# with He colicky g~sdeiines in pars graph, wow 1= days of ;seuanca: (2) Establish p:ocedurm to Adds that arenas xpres-otatives postdating in voluntary standards bodied and standards developing groups w6L to the extent possible ascertain the views of Me agony on Otto of paramount interims and Agile as a rnin~m~ express theses Hat are Dot Lneor.sistent or in Conklin with es:aolisoed agents News: (31 £ndesYor when To or more avenues par1t~c:pate in a given voluntary Lands body o" ~tan~d~d~Yeloping glum.
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The case involved ;~ pmduct etant~rd which had been adopted in states and all best one of He C~nad'an provinces. She Count oose~ed that organizations c"ating suck standards could be -oft with oppon='sies tor anticompetitive activity Federal agencies aught to strongly encourage those private oups.to ensure consideration of all relevant viewpoints a" interests Including those of consumers.
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