IN THIS ISSUE

COVER STORY

Standards today are increasingly relied upon to help integrate the subsystems of complex technologies.

INTERVIEW

Standards in the United Arab Emirates: An Interview with Mohamed Badri of the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology

FEATURES

Promoting Public-Private Collaboration in Standards Development: Recommendations for an Enhanced Government-SDO Partnership in the United States
by Jeffrey Grove

Standards Enable... Integrated Systems:
Part 5 of a Series
by Alan R. Earls

Back to a Digital Future: Developing Standards for Managing and Preserving Inspection Data
by Patrick Howard

DEPARTMENTS

Editor'sNote
Seizing the Technological Moment

PlainTalk
A Real Barrier to Trade: Who Develops International Standards?

Rules&Regs
Covering a Broad Scope

EnRoute
Roster Maintenance

DataPoints
The Confidence Interval

InFocus
The Spectroscopic Analysis of Petroleum Products

SpotLight
Paper Armor? Indeed.

OUTREACH

World Trade Organization negotiations, APEC-ASEAN conference, MOU reports and more

 

UPDATE

Technical Committees at Work

Occupational Safety and Health

Kinetic Parameters

Thiodiglycol

Steel Castings

Hydrogels

Compacted Asphalt

Synthetic Turf

Fasteners

Vitrinite

Protective Clothing

Packaging

Package Testing

Rope Rescue

Water Beading

Body Armor

Sewer Basins

Performance of Buildings

Tetrads Testing

Mold Growth

Biofilm