What is the Harmonization Project of Public Citizen?
Because a significant portion of the standards targeted for international harmonization are found in U.S. regulations – not law- important U.S. policies could be made to conform to international standards without any sort of legislative action, hearings or public involvement. Thus, the Harmonization Project will investigate, document and track harmonization activities now underway, bring them to the attention of the public and the media, and encourage citizen involvement in the process. Via our web page www.harmonizationalert.org and Harmonization Alert, we will post notice of proposed changes to U.S. regulations, comment periods, and important meetings dates and times. By increasing the transparency of the process, serving as a clearinghouse on a broad array of harmonization activities and making available otherwise obscure information, we hope that more citizens, groups and organizations will get involved and have an impact on global standard-setting. Public Citizen’s new Harmonizati
