{{unreferenced, date=October 2012 National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) is a

National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical sci ...

(NIST) program in the USA which provides an unbiased third-party test and evaluation program to accredit laboratories in their respective fields to the

ISO 17025 ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories is the main ISO/IEC standard used by testing and calibration laboratories. In most countries, ISO/IEC 17025 is the standard for which most labs must ho ...

standard. NVLAP is in compliance with ISO 17011.

Accredited laboratories

Calibration

*Dimensional *Electromagnetics - DC low frequency *Electromagnetics - RF/microwave *Ionizing radiation *Mechanical *Optical radiation *Thermodynamic *Time and frequency

Chemical calibration

*Chemical calibration: providers of proficiency testing *Chemical calibration: certifiers of spectrophotometric NTRMs

Dosimetry

*Ionizing radiation dosimetry Reverse osmosis with applied heat during deionization.

Electromagnetic compatibility and telecommunications

Environmental

*Asbestos fiber analysis (PLM test method) *Asbestos fiber analysis (TEM test method)

Fasteners and metals

*Fasteners and metals program

Information technology security

Common Criteria Testing Laboratory The Common Criteria model provides for the separation of the roles of evaluator and certifier. Product certificates are awarded by national schemes on the basis of evaluations carried by independent testing laboratories. A Common Criteria testing ...

(CCTL)
Cryptographic Module Testing Program
(CMTP)

Personal body armor

Product testing

*Acoustical testing services *Carpet and carpet cushion *Commercial products testing *Construction materials testing *Efficiency of electric motors *Energy efficient lighting products *Thermal insulation materials *Wood based Products

External links

NIST NVLAP
ISO standards National Institute of Standards and Technology Product-testing organizations