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DOE-TSL-4-99

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

improvements to the format and contents of this TSL may be submitted to the Technical

Standards Program Office (c/o Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Performance Assurance

Project Office, P.O. Box 2009, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8065) by completing form DOE F

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document.

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non-Government standards body

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ANALYSIS

As of May 1, 1999, the participation of 673 DOE and contractor personnel in 59 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 852 committees with

1311 participations on these committees. Table 2 shows the overall level of participations

declining from 1540 in 1997 to 1311 in 1999. 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 83 percent of the total number of DOE participations. More

specifically, 55 percent of participations recorded as of May 1, 1999, involve the American

Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

(ASME), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).