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.FoPT Table Subcommittee Chair Needed
Date Posted: 5-21-2014
The PT Program Executive Committee (PTPEC) had developed a Fields of Proficiency Testing (FoPT) Table Subcommittee that is in need of a chair. The purpose of this subcommittee is to develop a universally accessible template for FoPT tables to bring them more in agreement with the FoPT definitions in the 2009 TNI Standard. This subcommittee has been initiated in response to feedback received by the PTPEC from Accreditation Bodies regarding PT program evaluations (Committee Scope).
Contact Maria Friedman ([email protected]) or Ilona Taunton ([email protected]) with any questions and to express your interest in chairing this critical subcommittee.