Nominees for ISO 9001 Rewrite Committee Include No Actual Users
Of nine nominees, six are private consultants and three are from national standards bodies; none are end-user representatives.
NSF, Rina, Other CBs Suspended from Providing SMETA Ethics Audits
A total of four CBs were suspended, and two banned, from providing the retail organization certification audits.
Relying on Abstentions, TC 176 Approves Revision to ISO 9000 Vocabulary Guide
The move follows a campaign by ISO to revise ISO 9001 against the world’s wishes, but to the benefit of private consultants.
ISO Secretary-General’s Russian “Partner” Medvedev Threatens “Apocalypse” Against the World
Dmitry Medvedev quoted from Revelations in his threat to the world, while Russia still boasts support from ISO’s Sergio Mujica.
ISO TMB Confirms Ethics Probe Into Nigel Croft
The ISO Technical Management Board will take up an investigation into Croft’s alleged conflicts of interest.
TC 176 Plenary To Be Held In African Country That Supports China and Russia
Rwandan President Paul Kagame defends his country’s relationship with Putin and with China.
UKAS: It’s OK to Sell ISO 9001 Certification Alongside Consulting
UKAS ignored an overt violation of ISO 17021-1, then put the responsibility to investigate back on the complainant.
ISO Sec-Gen Mujica Met with Russian President in 2019
Sergio Mujica met with Putin’s stand-in, promising to “build up ties” with Russia, something ISO has since achieved.
Drone Hits Moscow Offices of Rosstandart and RusAccreditation
The attack comes five months after Russia bombed the Ukrainian standards body.
IAQG’s OASIS Portal Still Down, Clients Risk Losing AS9100 Certification
The official AS9100 audit reporting portal has now been down for over a month, putting clients’ certifications at risk.
Complaint Against Husk Registrars Closed
IAS ran the clock out, allowing Husk time to dodge accountability.
Germany Won’t Join GLOBAC Because It’s An Illegal Cartel
Meanwhile, Turkish Spiderman already trademarked the GLOBAC name and set up shop as a certificate mill.
Intertek Invokes Super-Invisible-Magic Risk Assessment to Shut Down Complaint
Intertek admitted to stuff while trying to deny stuff.
Quality Magazine Wants to Remind You that ISO Consultants Are On Meth
Andy Nichols’ new article on the ISO 9001 revision will have you smoking weird shit, too.
Fed Contractor Bragged About ISO 27001 Certificate, But It’s Fake
Cloud7Works bought ISO 9001 and 27001 certs from an Indian certificate mill.
IATF Just Did A Really, Really Stupid Thing … Will ISO/AS Follow?
New IATF rules require separate quality systems for sites only 10 miles apart.
Qatar Scammer Removed Trump Seal, Replaced It with Fake BBB Accreditation
Green Quality Services WLL is claiming better business accreditation by the “IBA.”
Scammers Created Fake IAF CertSearch Website Clone
“IAFcrtsearch” — intentionally misspelled — seems ready to scam users who can’t read good.
Chris Paris’ Novel DR. CUBA Goes On Sale (Cheap!)
My novel DR. CUBA is now launched on Amazon, and you can grab the e-book version for only 99 cents (or free, if you have Kindle Unlimited). This is a soft-launch of what I am calling the "Secret Syndicate Edition" of the book, a pre-publication edition. If that sounds...
GOP Candidate Claims Training on Three ISO 9001 Standards That Don’t Exist
Theresa Fronczak had three chances to get her dates right, and whiffed all of them.