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 Issues Report on the State of National Accreditation
Date Posted: 12-15-2015
TNI's strategic plan calls for TNI to develop a "State of National Accreditation" report every two years and offer briefings to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Forum on Environmental Measurement (FEM) and Regional Science and Technology Directors. The Board of Directors recently approved this biennial report and forwarded it to the FEM.
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The report covers progress TNI has made towards accomplishing its goal of the generation of environmental data that is of known and documented quality, including significant advancements in standards development, expansion of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP), Field Sampling and Measurement Organization (FSMO) accreditation, proficiency testing, and educational delivery and outreach. The report notes that the EPA has been a valuable partner in these efforts through their financial and other support.
TNI will offer a briefing to the Regional Science and Technology Directors and plans to develop a webinar around this report for delivery early next year.