Information Technology Committee

The Information Technology Committee is an unrestricted committee that has members who have the interest and skill set in working on this committee. Note: The IT Administrator of The NELAC Institute shall be an ex officio member of this committee. The Information Technology Committee will:

Provide recommendations as to the design and content of the TNI website.
Manage the TNI Laboratory Accreditation Management System.
Maintain TNI databases such as technology codes, method codes and analyte codes.

Conference Calls: 3rd Thursday, 3 pm ET

Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.

Committee Membership

Most of the work of TNI is done by volunteers working on committees tasked with specific functions. If you are interested in actively helping our organization, complete a TNI Committee Application (opens in a separate window). Participation on TNI committees is described in Operations of TNI Committees.

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Charter

Mission Statement

To support the information technology needs of TNI members and programs through a user-friendly and attractive communications center and database.

Objectives

Accurately and positively present TNI to the public in general and laboratories and data users in particular with a user-friendly, functional website
House TNI news, standards and information
Provide means of communication to and among members and to labs, governmental programs and the public
Provide member services (e.g., membership applications)
Promote TNI events (e.g., electronic registration, posting agendas)
Maintain the TNI Laboratory Accreditation Management System (LAMS)
Maintain codes (methods, analytes, technologies)

Success Measures

Number of people accessing the site
Number of new members joining
Number of postings on forums
Optional survey on site (future)
Functional National Database

Key Milestones

Design and implement web page for national database (LAMS)
Have a fully functional LAMS by January 2010
Determine cost to maintain LAMS long-term

Considerations

Committee members are volunteers; typical database issues. AB limitations in uploading data to database

Available Resources

Reasonable funding

Anticipated Meeting Schedule

Conference call 3rd Thursday of each month, 3 pm Eastern time

Members


Art Clark, Chair EPA New England Quality Assurance Unit North Chelmsford, MA clark.arthur@epa.gov	Jerry Parr, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Weatherford, TX jerry.parr@nelac-institute.org
David Caldwell Oklahoma DEQ Oklahoma City, OK david.caldwell@deq.ok.gov	William Daystrom The NELAC Institute Weatherford, TX tni.webmaster@gmail.com
Robert Di Rienzo ALS Laboratory Group Salt Lake City, UT Bob.DiRienzo@alsenviro.com	Tim Fitzpatrick Laboratory Data Consultants, Inc. Dewey, AZ tfitzpatrick@lab-data.com
Maria Friedman TestAmerica Costa Mesa, CA maria.friedman@testamericainc.com	Dan Hickman danthrax33@msn.com
John Kuhn JEA Laboratory Services Jacksonville, FL kuhnjw@jea.com	Judy Morgan Environmental Science Corp. Mt. Juliet, TN jmorgan@envsci.com
Rip Starr Alabama Dept of Environmental Mgmt Montgomery, AL trs@adem.state.al.us	Pam Varner Analytical Services, Inc. Norcross, GA pvarner@asi-lab.com
Keith Ward Wibby Environmental Golden, CO kward@wibby.com

Minutes


April 21, 2011	February 17, 2011
December 19, 2006	December 05, 2006
February 01, 2006	December 20, 2005
November 29, 2005	November 15, 2005

Documents and Presentations

	QA Plan (415KB - opens in a new window)

	Database Development Plan (113KB - opens in a new window)


	TNI Method Codes 5-3-2010 (482KB - opens in a new window)


	TNI Analyte Codes 5-3-2010 (244KB - opens in a new window)

	Retired NELAP Analyte Codes (42KB - opens in a new window)

NELAP Method Codes Request Form
The TNI National Database committee has developed a form to allow an individual to request a method to be added to the national database that is under development.

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