ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board ANSI-HSSP Plenary 02 October 2008

2 Private Sector Preparedness Voluntary Certification  ANAB background  Accredited Certification  ANAB’s Accreditation Process  Plan Forward

3 Acronyms  ANAB / ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board  ANSI / American National Standards Institute  ASQ / American Society for Quality  CB / Certification Body  ASIS /  DRII / Disaster Recovery Institute International  AQA / American Quality Assurance  BS / British Standard  ISO / International Standards Organization  NFPA / National Fire Prevention Association  BSI / British Standards Institute  LRQA / Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance  NEMR / National Emergency Management Registrar

4 Background  Established in 1989 by American Society of Quality (ASQ) to accredit QMS certification bodies  Governed and operated independently  Partnered with American National Standards Institute (ANSI), U.S. member body to ISO, in 1991  Exists to serve conformity assessment needs of business and accredited certification bodies and their clients

5 Our “Family” ACLASS Brand ANAB Brand ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board ASQANSI

6 Accreditation?  Give license-to-operate to certification bodies (CBs)  Third-party initial and ongoing evaluation  CB must operate in conformance with international standards  ANAB-Brand must operate in conformance with international standards  Re-accredit every four years with annual surveillance  ANAB-Brand operates internationally

7 ANAB-Brand Criteria and Procedures CBs must conform to:  ISO/IEC 17021:2006  Internaitonal Accreditation Forum (IAF) Guidance  ANAB Accreditation Manual  ANAB Accreditation Rules

8 Role of Accreditation Council  Two Committees for independence  Grants, suspends, and withdraws accreditation of CBs  Prepares program procedures and criteria  Provides mechanism for initial appeal on accreditation decisions  Technical resource to ANAB staff

9 Accreditation Council Committee A  W Bozzo, Dyn McDermott  S Briggs, Textron Systems  E Delaney, First Environment  M Green, NASA  S Holliday, ANAB Assessor  S Keiner, Independent  T McMillan, Motorola  C Mesler, Business Performance  M Schmiedel, Dresser-Rand  L Wible, Kestral Management Non-voters  R Blake, BSI Americas  M Caruso, UL  P Kucan, PRI  P Palmes As of 12 August 2008 Committee B  M Ames, AQS Management Systems  D Bowers, US TAG to TC207  P Cremeens, Acument Technologies  T Garner, ANAB Assessor  D Hall, OFS Fitel Inc.  P Heinle, Quality consultant  G Johnson, EPA  J Pendergrass, Environmental Law  C Spire, MSIA Associates  A Puri, BVC  P Salle, KEMA  S Janagher, SCC

10 Accreditation Council Broad volunteer stakeholder representation maintained:  Industry  Government  Standards developers  NGOs  Consultants / trainers  Accredited CBs  Accreditation assessors

11 Committees of Experts  Chair is member of Accreditation Council  Review and accept all initial CB criteria requirements documentation  Members of PSPVC COE on next slide  Ensure technical credibility of new programs  Provide technical assistance and ongoing technical oversight

12 COE Members for PSPVC  Al Berman, DRII  Ann Beauchesne, US Chamber  Bart Walrath, AQA  Bert Coursey, DHS  Bill Bozzo, Dyn McDermott  Bill Raisch, NYU InterCEP  Carol Fox, RIMS  Dana Trujillo, Orion  Don Byrne, ACP  Don Schmidt, NFPA 1600  Hugh Hutton, LRQA  Jason Jackson, Wal-Mart  John Bridges, DHS  John DiMaria, BSI  Marc Seigel, ASIS  Mark Messler, NEMR  Matt Deane, ANSI  Mike Janko, Goodyear  Pam Creemens, Acument  Peter Jesperson, Merrill Lynch  Scott Richter, ANAB  Susan Briggs, Textron

13 CB Accreditation Application  ANAB provides relevant criteria and application  Staff reviews for completeness, collects fees  Initial document review  Office audit of procedures, records, practices  Witness audit of CB’s team

14 CB Accreditation Approval and oversight process  Written report and evaluation of corrective actions  Submit to Accreditation Council for accreditation approval  Six-month office and witness audits  Annual office and witness audits  Full system audit every four years  Validation audits every year?  Report or summary to Accreditation Council every four years

15 Accreditation Audits Assure  CB has effective system to evaluate conformance to standards  CB uses competent auditors to observe defined management system and effective implementation  Certification decisions made by experts independent of audit work

16 Certification  Series of document reviews, site visits, and audits by CB  CB auditors review organization’s procedures, processes, operations  CB audits full system to determine conformance to standard, effectiveness, and implementation  Written report  CB’s independent board evaluates and approves

17 Foundation of Certification  Standards  Voluntary  Consensus-based  Basic infrastructure  Each business must internalize the standard and personalize it as their own business practices

18 Foundation of Certification  CB evaluates processes in operation to ensure conformance and results based on customer and business requirements  Dynamic evaluations  Breadth  Depth  Width

19 Accredited Certification  Certification is not a requirement of PSPVC, it is voluntary  Certification is a requirement for some standards, such as the aerospace industry’s AS9100  Certification is normally voluntary and driven by market forces  Certification is normally a business decision  BUT, if seeking certification, seek accredited certification only -- BUYER BEWARE

20 Possible Standards for PSPVC  International  ISO/PAS  ISO xxxxx TBD  National  NFPA 1600 (USA)  BS (United Kingdom)  ANSI-Accredited Standards  ???

21 Plan Forward  By law, DHS is obligated to consult a wide variety of organizations prior to designation of standard(s), potentially prolonging announcement date  DHS will designate standard(s) or criteria  COE holding meetings to develop requirement criteria for CBs  Within six months of initial COE meeting, program must be announced per ANAB internal requirements (14 February 2009)  Monthly updates to DHS  Will participate in DHS working group teleconferences as needed  Will meet with DHS as needed  Participating in outreach efforts with many entities

22 PSPVC Program Proposed Timing  T = 14 August 2008  T+14 days hold first COE meeting  T+50 - hold second COE meeting  T+75 - hold third COE meeting  T+80 - Present draft AR to Accrd. Council  T+81 - Distribute AR for public comment  T hold final COE meeting  14 February announce program  Timing depends upon announcement of standard(s)

23 ANAB Information   Phone:  Fax: 