- Author
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Breitenberg, M.
- Title
- Need for Economic Information on Standards Used in Regulatory Programs: Problems and Recommendations.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NBSIR 80-2123
September 1980
61 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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standards
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regulations
- Identifiers
- federal use of voluntary standards
- Abstract
- A number of government regulatory agencies are increasing their use of standards developed by the private sector. Federal Regulators are, however, being required to provide increasing justification for their regulations, especially information on their economic desirability. If regulators are to effectively use voluntary standards in their regulations rather than develop standards in-house, they will need the same types of economic information on the voluntary standards as they would have on their in-house standards.