ISO 9000: Registration Accreditation Board

In this session we provide background on why RAB came into being and what its goal is; a description of the various programs operated by the RAB; and the status of each; the status of RAB mutual recognition with other Accreditation and Certification bodies; information on the international accreditation forum-its mission and its current projects; how RAB is involved in what ISO is doing to promote global recognition of quality system registration; and finally RAB´s authority to act as the U.S. accreditation body for quality systems registrars. The NVCASE system for use when foreign government regulations require US government guarantees, is briefly discussed