“In 2000, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
undertook the task of drafting a ‘National Standards Strategy’ for
the United States. The goals included identifying the challenges
then facing America as it participated domestically and abroad in
standard setting, devising responsive actions to be taken to meet
those challenges, and designating the stakeholders best suited to
undertake them. A blue ribbon committee drawn from accredited
standards development organizations (SDOs), government agencies,
industry and academia was formed to undertake the task, and broad
participation was solicited and received from the wider standards
community as well. The resulting document received immediate
attention abroad as well as domestically, and a number of other
nations undertook similar efforts shortly thereafter…”