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Seal of Approval
After many discussions with the Board of Directors and the membership, PESC is pleased to announce that development work has begun on its Seal of Approval Program. As the PESC community produces more standards, the Board of Directors wants to ensure some level of uniformity in implementation among trading partners and wants to ensure that a level playing field is provided in the market for organizations already using and exchanging PESC standards. While many of the details of the program are being worked out, attendees of both the Fall 2007 Summit in Montreal and the Winter 2008 Summit in Washington, D.C. agreed in open discussions with the PESC Board of Directors that the program should not be overly burdensome to users and implementers and that specific items be addressed to ensure a variety of scenarios related to trading partner conformance. A white paper written by Andrew Updegrove entitled, "Standards Compliance Certification And Branding In The Information And Communications Technology Sector" provides an excellent overview of why conformance is important and how to best go about it.
Bill Hollowsky, General Manager of SunGard Higher Education and Director on PESC's Board, is leading this initiative and submitted a Letter of Intent to ensure that the standards community is aware of this activity. Interested parties met on Friday February 1, 2008 to discuss strategy, plans, and a timetable for the launch of the program. A tentative project plan is available for download. The group will begin meeting regularly each Friday in February at 3pm EST and a listserve (SealofApproval@lists.PESC.org) is available to facilitate discussions among participants. As with all PESC workgroups, representatives from Member organizations are able to participate. If you are interested in participating in the workgroup, please contact Michael Sessa directly at Michael.Sessa@PESC.org or 202-261-6516.
DOWNLOADS
Frequently Asked Questions 10-02-2008
Program Definition v 2- Conformance Statement v 1
- Minutes and Agenda
- Project Plan
- Draft Issue Log
CRC Reference Information- White Paper - "Standards Compliance Certification And Branding In The Information And Communications Technology Sector" by Andrew Updegrove
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