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.New TNI Policies and Procedures Approved
Date Posted: 2-25-2008
Over the past few months the TNI Policy Committee has working to finalize several administrative policies and procedures. The following policies and procedures have been adopted by the Board of Directors:
POL-100 Creating General Policies for TNI
POL-101 Conflicts of Interest
POL-102 Ethical Conduct of TNI Members
POL-103 Use of TNI Logos and Marks
SOP 1-100 Format Guidelines for Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) of The NELAC Institute (TNI)
SOP 1-101 Operations of TNI Committees and Program Boards
SOP 1-102 Decision-Making Rules for TNI Committees and Boards
These documents may be found here.
The Policy Committee welcomes any comments or questions you may have on these documents.