Mon, 01/28/2008 - 22:00
(SME: Dearborn, Michigan) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers recently announced it has entered into an agreement with Hannover Fairs USA (HFUSA) to participate in the Berlin International Air Show in Berlin, May 27–June 1, 2008. SME will…
Mon, 01/28/2008 - 22:00
(FERC: Washington) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently approved eight new mandatory critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards to protect the United States’ bulk power system against potential disruptions from…
Mon, 01/28/2008 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- As the world mourns the recent death of Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, the New Zealand-born adventurer who first reached the peak of Mount Everest in 1953, a growing number of climbers are planning to conquer the tallest mountain…
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 22:00
(FDA: Rockville, Maryland) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent letters warning seven pharmacy operations that the claims they make about the safety and effectiveness of so-called bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT)…
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 22:00
(Food Safety and Security Summit: Washington, D.C.) From farm gate to dinner plate, the 10th annual Food Safety and Security Summit, held March 17–19, 2008, at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center, is the largest and most established food…
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 22:00
(FDANews: Falls Church, Virginia) --The Food and Drug Administration recently issued proposed changes to the drug-manufacturers’ clinical good manufacturing practices (CGMPs) (21 CFR 210/211). The revised standards would affect three major…
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 22:00
(FDA: Rockville, Maryland) -- After years of study and analysis, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally consumed as…
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), an ANSI-accredited standards developer, recently published ANSI/HFES 100-2007—“Human Factors Engineering of Computer Workstations,” a new standard that addresses the design of…
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 22:00
(ACSI: Ann Arbor, Michigan) -- According to a recently released report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index, U.S. citizens are less satisfied with federal government services than they are with private-sector services. In aggregate, citizen…
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 22:00
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute recently issued the revised 2008 edition of the ANSI Procedures for U.S. Participation in the International Standards Activities of ISO (ANSI International Procedures) and the 2008 ANSI-…