ASTM staff manager Leonard Morrissey (third from right) participated in a Standards Alliance workshop on good regulatory practices held June 1-2 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The workshop was sponsored by the Standards Alliance as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development, Southern African Development Community, American National Standards Institute and the USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub. Topics included overviews of the U.S. and South African regulatory standards systems. Morrissey contributed information on scientific and evidence-based rulemaking, public consultation in the standards development process and ASTM's perspective on standards in regulation.