General information is available at no charge to anyone with access to the World Wide Web. Pages have been designed to build as much site traffic as possible. Basic provides access to an online catalog of more than 250,000 approved standards. Search results return bibliographic information and ordering information. NSSN Enhanced is a modestly priced subscription service that includes information on the status of both approved standards and standards development projects.
Search results are comprehensive and usually include an abstract or scope statement.
An email-based Standard Alert Service notifies subscribers when the standards they care about are initiated, reviewed, revised or approved. Also included are comprehensive directories of standards developers, contact points for U.S. participation in international standardization activities, and QuickLinks to government web sites focusing on standards and regulations. Users Users of the NSSN service include decision makers and acquisition specialists from Fortune 1000 companies, high tech companies, small businesses, defense contractors, military and other government agencies, libraries and universities as well as individuals. The continuously changing nature of commercial and government standards and regulations is a guarantee that users will regularly return to the NSSN . Data collected during registration on NSSN Enhanced is utilized to develop profiles of the NSSN audience.