DStan's Responsibilities Include:
To seek actively
to harness support in MOD and Industries for standards, co-ordinate
and identify MOD’s developing standardization needs and formulate
plans to meet these needs effectively, either through the use of civil
standards or where these are not available, through the production
of Defence Standards.
To evolve
and develop proposals for the improvement of MOD standardization policy
and practice, for consideration by the Defence Materiel Standardization
Committee (DMSC).
To co-ordinate/represent
the MOD's position on national and international standardization bodies,
where policy can be decided or influenced within available resources.
To provide
and co-ordinate the facilities and infrastructure (guidance, help
and where appropriate the use of Service Level Agreements) to support
drafting of Defence Standards (Def Stans) and standards being developed
in e.g. NATO with the aim of ensuring that suitable and current standards
are available for use in Defence Procurement.
To co-ordinate
production and distribution policy for Defence Standards, and to periodically
review the need for, and currency of eg. existing Defence Standards
and departmental specifications.
To provide
the secretariat for the DMSC and Technology Policy sub-committees
of the DMSC, and ensure wide, appropriate and effective departmental
representation.
To provide
the MOD focus and Focal Point for Standards co-ordination:-
To publicise
and promote the benefits of using standards (including Defence Standards)
to DPA Integrated Project Teams, PAOs, Central Staffs, other Government
Departments and Industry, and to identify areas where introduction
of standards would be advantageous.
To monitor
and audit the standards output of devolved standards producers to
ensure published Defence Standards meet centrally defined criteria
for content and format.
Achieving
Interoperability Through Standardization Excellence