As an ongoing part of APCO International’s Standards Development activities, we will be announcing when other standards development organizations have proposed standards that may affect public safety communications. As these standards are proposed, notice will be included in an APCO e-newsletter and on this page to give our members an opportunity to provide input on these proposals which ensures that public safety communications has a voice in the development of standards that affect our industry. Information regarding proposed standards will also be forwarded to the appropriate APCO International Committee for consideration and potential comment.

 

• ID Interoperability:  NIST Requests Public Comment on Draft Document for Use of ID to Access Federal Facilities
  • In an effort to address the mandates set forth in Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 which calls for a mandatory, government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification for all government employees, facilities and information systems, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a request for public comment on SP 800-116, A Recommendation for the Use of PIV Credentials in Physical Access Control Systems.  Public Comments must be submitted by 5:00pm May 12, 2008 and may be submitted electronically to piv_comments@nist.gov.This document  can be downloaded at: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/800-116/Draft-SP800-116.pdf
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Please continue to check this page for further updates. If you are aware of any current standards activities that may impact public safety communications, please e-mail information to apcostandards@apcointl.org

• APCO Project 33 Certification.
• The NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards is a search engine that provides users with standards-related information from a wide range of developers, including other organizations accredited by the American National Standards Institute, private sector standards bodies, government agencies and international organizations
• The Homeland Security Standards Database provides one-stop access to standards critical to public safety
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies organized to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world.
• The American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)

If you have any questions, suggestions, or need for specific standards, please submit them for APCO’s review to apcostandards@apco911.org.

If you are interested in participating in APCO International’s standards development activities, please complete the Standards Development Committee Application form or contact APCO International’s Comm Center & 9-1-1 Services Department at apcostandards@apco911.org or call (888) APCO-911, ext. 2446.