Federal Participation in Consensus Standards

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Federal Participation in Consensus Standards

January 26, 2020
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The White House Office of Management and Budget released a revision of OMB Circular No. A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities.  According to the announcement:

OMB has issued a revision of Circular A-119 in light of changes that have taken place in the world of regulation, standards, and conformity assessment since the Circular was last revised in 1998.  OMB’s revisions are meant to provide more detailed guidance to agencies to take into account several issues, including the Administration’s current work in Open Government, developments in regulatory policy and international trade, and changes in technology.

Revisions to the circular are documented by ANSI at the link below:

Office of Management and Budget Releases Revised Circular A-119

Over the years we have found this document changing and filed in different locations.   Do not be surprised if you get a 404 File Not Found error.  If the link is broken we recommend you contact ANSI directly.

The degree to which leading practice can be discovered and promoted by industries themselves is a policy issue upon which good minds will disagree.   Few nations disagree that innovation is faster and more enduring from the workpoint (or the point of consumption) up, but markets are not perfect instruments for discovering the greater good.  At a speech given at the University of Michigan in 2014, S. Joe Bhatia, CEO of the American National Standards Institute, expands upon this point in the short videoclip below:

 

Issue: [16-18]

Contact: Mike Anthony, Christine Fischer, Jack Janveja, Richard Robben

Category: Public Policy


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January 24, 2020
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Archive / ESTA

January 23, 2020
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S. 1939 / Smarter Transportation Act

January 21, 2020
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115th Congress. Photo Credit: Pew Research Center

A BILL: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Challenge Grant Program to promote technological innovation in our Nation’s communities.

Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels

January 21, 2020
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January 21, 2020
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Education Facility Legislative Proposals

January 19, 2020
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114th United States Congress / There is no group photograph of the current (116th) Congress

We present, without comment, a curated list of the nearly 1200 legislative proposals pending in the 116th Congress dealing with education facilities; focusing only on safety and sustainability concepts. We do not advocate in legislative proceedings.  These proposals are on the agenda of our review of monthly construction released by the US Census Bureau.

H.R. 158: Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2019

S. 266: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

S. 253: Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act

H.R. 852: Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

H.R. 865: Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2019

S. 1442: School Security Enhancement Act

H.R. 1457: 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act

H.R. 3322: Renew America’s Schools Act of 2019

H.R. 4674: College Affordability Act

We follow federal legislative proposals because they frequently offer insight into the advocacy activity of incumbent stakeholders.   How these proposals get paid for is a topic on our Finance & Management standards teleconference.  See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting.

 

Standing Agenda / Security

January 17, 2020
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Intelligent Buildings & Premises / Comments Due April 26th

January 16, 2020
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BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Service International)
BSR/BICSI 007-202x, Information Communication Technology Design and Implementation Practices for Intelligent Buildings and Premises (revision
of ANSI/BICSI 007-2017)
This standard covers the design and implementation of the information communication technology systems required to support an intelligent
building/premise integrated design. Systems covered, include, but are not limited to: building automation/management, utility utilization, lighting,
signage and wayfinding, sound and acoustical services, vertical transportation, location, and asset tracking.
Click here to view these changes in full
Send comments (with optional copy to [email protected]) to: [email protected]

 

https://share.ansi.org/Shared%20Documents/Standards%20Action/2020-PDFs/SAV5113.pdf

 

 

 

Information and communications technology (ICT) is a fast-moving space in which a mix of consensus, consortia and open-source standards form the broad contours of leading practice.   The “culture” of ICT is informed by international trends — more so than, say, fire safety standards which are informed trends administered by state and local fire marshalls.  It is fair to say that ICT supports the beating heart of the education facility industry.

The Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI) is a professional association supporting the advancement of the ICT community in all markets.   This community is roughly divided between experts who deal with “outside-plant” systems and “building premise” systems on either side of the ICT demarcation (or Point-of-Presence).   BICSI standards cover the wired and wireless spectrum of voice, data, electronic safety & security, project management and audio & video technologies.  The landing page for its standards-setting enterprise is linked below:

BICSI International Standards Program

The stars on the map above indicate where BICSI Standards are currently in use (CLICK ON IMAGE).

BICSI has released a revision of one of its consensus products for public review:

BICSI 007 Information Communication Technology Design and Implementation Practices for Intelligent Buildings and Premises

This standard covers the design and implementation of the information communication technology systems required to support an intelligent building/premise integrated design. Systems covered, include, but are not limited to: building automation/management, utility utilization, lighting, signage and wayfinding, sound and acoustical services, vertical transportation, location, and asset tracking.

BICSI 007 also provides requirements and recommendation for design and implementation of the structured cabling system and related applications for any size building or premise, including those that serve commercial, government, transportation, residential, or any other functions. It also includes information for building automation systems, low-voltage lighting, combined data and power transmission (e.g., PoE, PoH), and a number of other systems that are routinely found inside intelligent building applications.

Comments are due January 20th.

Review copies are free and obtainable from Jeff Silveira ([email protected]).  Send comments to Jeff with an optional copy to [email protected].

All BICSI standards are on our twice-monthly Power & Telecommunications teleconferences which we host jointly with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee.   See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone. 

Issue: [19-30]

Category: Telecommunications, Electrical, #SmartCampus

Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jim Harvey, Michael Hiler


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