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.Comment Invited on Changes to Quality Systems General Requirements Standard, Webinar to be held September 25
Date Posted: 9-8-2020
The TNI Quality Systems Expert Committee has reviewed Volume 1 Module 2 (Quality Systems General Requirements) of the TNI 2016 Standard. The purpose of the review was to determine if there were any needed changes/improvements to the current Standard. The Committee will be holding a public webinar for feedback on Committee suggested changes/improvements and to gather input on other improvements that can be made to Module 2 of the TNI 2016 Standard.
Webinar: September 25th, 2020 12pm EDT (Friday)
To register for this Webinar, email Ilona Taunton ([email protected]) and request an invitation to register. There is no registration cost for this meeting.
A summary of possible changes/improvements is attached to this message and can be found at the following link: V1M2 Summary of Suggested Changes (Microsoft Word). Written comments regarding this document are welcome and asked to be submitted within 7 days after the public webinar (Due October 2, 2020). Comments may be submitted whether you attend the webinar or not.
Please contact Ilona Taunton or Jessica Jensen (Chair, QS Expert Committee – [email protected]) with any questions.