Key Word Listing

DOE-TSL-4-2006

by the proper names of the non-Government standards organizations and committees. DOE

employees and contractors listed in this TSL are those recorded as of July 1, 2006.

Additions or corrections to the information provided in this TSL may be submitted to the

Technical Standards Program Office by completing form DOE F 1300.2. Suggestions for

improvement to the format and contents of this TSL may be submitted to the technical Standards

Program Office by completing form DOE F 1300.3, Document Improvement Proposal. The

URL where this form may be found is also provided at the end of this document.

2. KEY WORD LISTING

The following listing of key words is provided to assist with locating this document by electronic

retrieval searches:

Non-Government standards body

DOE representative

point of contact

committee

participation

3. ANALYSIS

As of July 1, 2006, the participation of 487 DOE and contractor personnel in 73 voluntary (i.e.,

non-Government) standards developing organizations has been recorded. Table 1 shows a

comparison of the number of participants among DOE organizations. This involvement in non-

Government standards activities encompasses 956 committees with 1100 participations on these

committees. Table 2 shows the overall level of participations decreasing from 1311 in 1999 to

1100 in 2006. A breakdown of the number of participations by voluntary standards developing

organization is reflected in Table 3. The 11 organizations listed in the table account for 76

percent of the total number of DOE participants. More specifically, 44 percent of participants

recorded as of July 1, 2006, involve the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), the

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers (IEEE).