develop consensus standards for use by TNI's programs. This group has a support role in assisting other programs with activities such as guidance and standards interpretation.
fosters the generation of data of known and documented quality is through the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, or NELAP. The purpose of this program is to establish and implement a program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories.
is to establish and maintain a national PT program to support TNI’s National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, and other activities.
Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee is to establish and implement an accreditation program for field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMOs).
on a variety of topics of interest to the environmental measurement community. TNI also hosts two regularly scheduled meetings per year, typically in January and August. Both are a week long and involve open meetings of TNI committees as well as training courses and other special sessions.TNI Programs
The NELAC Institute operates the following programs:
- Administration and Support
- Consensus Standards Development Program (CSDP)
- National Environmental Field Activities Program (NEFAP)
- National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP)
- National Environmental Proficiency Testing Program (PTP)
- Professional Development Program (PDP)
TNI's five core programs (CSDP, NEFAP, NELAP, PTP, and PDP) are each managed by an Executive Committee (EC) as depicted in the organizational chart below. In 2017, TNI formed the TNI Non-governmental Accreditation Body Recognition Committee (TNRC) who will take on the function of recognizing NGABs.
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| AC – Accreditation Council CSDP – Consensus Standards Development Program EC – Executive Committee PTP – Proficiency Test Program |
NEFAP – National Environmental Field Activities Program NELAP - National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program PDP – Professional Development Program |
The above chart is clickable -- click on a program or committee to visit the corresponding page.
Each program has the authority to establish policies and procedures for the program, make decisions, and operate somewhat independently, with the following restrictions:
- All policies and procedures will be reviewed by the Policy Committee to ensure policies from different programs are not in conflict with each other.
- All policies and procedures will be reviewed by the Board of Directors to ensure the policy does not create a program that cannot be funded or puts the organization at risk.
- The reviews above will be used to provide feedback to the program, and as appropriate, each program will address any issues raised by the Policy committee and the Board of Directors before implementing the policy.
- Each core program will provide an annual report to the Board of Directors as to progress achieved towards the goal of the program. The Board of Directors will provide feedback to the program for future efforts.
- Each core program will establish strategic goals and objectives that will be reviewed by the Board of Directors to ensure the goals and objectives are aligned with TNI’s mission.