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Whatever anyone wants to talk about.   Absent new agenda items we will discuss “spoof” standards meant to enlighten and entertain.

“Parable of the Rich Fool” 1627 Rembrandt

Today we pick through the prospectuses of one or two tax-free bond referenda.  We also review public consultations by ANSI-accredited and finance industry consortia involved in the cost of building and running to real (estate) assets of US education communities.

115th Congress. Photo Credit: Pew Research Center

Today we walk-through of ANSI-accredited consensus, open-source and consortia consensus products incorporated by reference into federal regulations of the real assets of the US education industry.  Send a request to bella@standardsmichigan.com for an advance agenda.

Standing Agenda / Federal Action

Hubble contributes to painting a picture of the evolving universe | CLICK ON IMAGE

Faster than you can say “lost luggage” innovators will be outnumbered by regulators, administrative busybodies and muckety-mucks seeking a piece of the action in the nascent catalog of space standards.   Innovators will use standardization processes (particularly those favored by the federal government) to outflank their competitors.

Space is not our primary domain but, because academic programs are re-tooling their aerospace programs, we keep an eye on it.  Solving problems related to space traffic management and orbital debris, for example, are hazards that can be solved with the assistance of academia. Aerospace programs have been co-operating with governments for decades and there is build-out of earthbound facilities needed to continue support for it.

This is a new unit on our Syllabus starting 2022.  We will at least poke at the topic (i.e. track the relevant literature) to see if we can be of any help enlightening approaches to making the physical earthbound campus safer, simpler, lower-cost and longer-lasting.   We will start with aerospace research facilities.

“The Doctor” 1891 Luke Fildes

Many research universities have large medical research and clinical delivery enterprises that provide significant revenue.   Every month we run through public commenting opportunities for consensus documents that set the standard of care for the facilities and technologies in these enterprises.