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).
Audit Sample Program is to develop consensus standards for the manufacture and analysis of audit samples for source emission testing.
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 Publishes Position Statement on Small Laboratory Quality Systems
Date Posted: 1-24-2014
TNI believes every environmental laboratory, regardless of its size, should operate with an effective quality system. The TNI Standard, which is based on the ISO/IEC (International Organization for Standardization) 17011 and 17025 Standards, sets forth the principles and practices of a laboratory quality system applicable to both large and small laboratories. Implementation of the TNI Laboratory Standard benefits small laboratories by increasing confidence in their data, improving the quality of their overall analytical processes, and improving defensibility of their data.
A Position Statement that provides more information about this topic has been approved by TNI's Advocacy Committee and endorsed by the Board of Directors.