American National Standards Institute: Administrator and coordinator of the U.S. private sector voluntary standardization system To serve as the national coordinating institution for voluntary standards, conformity assessment and related activities in the United States of America through which organizations concerned with such activities may cooperate in establishing, improving and recognizing standards, based on a consensus of parties-at-interest, and conformity assessment programs to the end that such activities remain dynamically responsive to national needs; that duplication of work is avoided; and that individual enterprise and initiative are encouraged. For further information on ANSI’s mission, see By-Laws Section 1.02 uploaded to additional docs.