Standard Setting in the United States: Public and Private Sector Roles

D. Linda Garcia, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 1992)

The author examines the evolution of the US standards process and its basis in American political culture. She evaluates the system in the light of the many structural changes taking place in the world economy, and suggests that a new balance must be struck between public and private sector roles.