A2LA Today l December 2016 l Number 133By Trace McInturff, Senior Director of Accreditation ServicesCASCO Working Group (WG) 44 held its fifth meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on 20-23 September 2016 at the ISO headquarters. Forty-One delegates and nineteen liaison members were in attendance plus
A2LA Accepting Applications for Department of Homeland Security P25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP)
A2LA Today l December 2016 l Number 133 By Ash Morton, Accreditation Specialist In response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) posting of new P25 Compliance Assessment Bulletins (CABs) that outline test procedures for the P25 Compliance
A2LA Accepting Applications for Department of Homeland Security P25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP)
A2LA Today l December 2016 l Number 133 By Ash Morton, Accreditation Specialist In response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) posting of new P25 Compliance Assessment Bulletins (CABs) that outline test procedures for the P25 Compliance
Peter Unger Honored for Years of Service at ILAC General Assembly
A2LA Today l December 2016 l Number 133 By Kelsey Roberts, Marketing & Business Development Manager Peter Unger, A2LA President Emeritus, has served on the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Executive Committee since 2001. His most recent position as ILAC Chair has
Revising ISO/IEC 17025 – A Summary of CASCO WG44 Meeting 5
A2LA Today l December 2016 l Number 133 By Trace McInturff, Senior Director of Accreditation Services CASCO Working Group (WG) 44 held its fifth meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on 20-23 September 2016 at the ISO headquarters. Forty-One delegates and nineteen liaison members were in attendance plus
A2LA Accredits First Recreational Marijuana Laboratory in North America to ISO/IEC 17025
A2LA Today l September 2016 l Number 132 By Kelsey Roberts, A2LA Marketing Coordinator A2LA is pleased to announce the accreditation of TEQ Analytical Laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for cannabis testing. TEQ Analytical Laboratories, based in Colorado, is the first recreational marijuana
A2LA Pursuing FCC Recognition to Accredit Test Firms in Non-MRA Countries
A2LA Today l September 2016 l Number 132 By Kelsey Roberts, A2LA Marketing Coordinator The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently published FCC 16-74 “Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration” (released June 15, 2016), which extends the deadline for all laboratories who perform
AOAC and Industry to Set Voluntary Consensus Standards for Cannabis
A2LA Today l September 2016 l Number 132 By Susan Audino, S.A. Audino and Associates, LLC *reprinted from the May/June 2016 issue of AOAC Inside Laboratory Management AOAC and industry are partnering to develop Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs®) in an effort to find the best testing