Good News Stories from A2LA

(1) The CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) Certification Forum has
published a 2005 version of their "Testing Facility Authorization
Process" which relies heavily on having its Candidate Testing Facilities
accredited by accreditation bodies recognized under the ILAC MRA.

(2) A2LA was able to accept an assessment by DATECH of an
A2LA-accredited laboratory in Germany in place of an on-site
surveillance assessment by A2LA by virtue of the EA MLA.

(3) General Electric has begun to accept laboratories accredited by
A2LA by virtue of A2LA's signatory status within the ILAC MRA.

(4) Because of our MRA partner status with JAB, A2LA worked with
General Motors to facilitate their acceptance of JAB accredited
laboratories in Japan, rather than having A2LA conduct separate
assessments of these laboratories.

(5) The State of Minnesota Dental Association and the Metropolitan
Council Environmental Services have specified in their document related
to hydraulic testing of amalgam separators that all hydraulic testing
laboratories must be accredited by an accreditation body which is a
signatory to the ILAC MRA.

(6) A company in Kenya, East Africa that imports goods from the U.S.
contacted us for a list of accredited laboratories that their U.S.
supplier could contract with in order to have the imported goods tested.
Because of A2LA's status as an ILAC signatory, the tested products would
not have to be retested in Kenya.

(7) A user of accredited lab services submitted a testimonial that
A2LA's international recognition by virtue of the MRAs of which we are a
signatory is key, as they frequently use A2LA accredited labs for
products that must comply with the European Pressure Equipment Directive
97/23/EC.

(8) Automotive testing laboratories have begun to make use of A2LA's
MRA signatory status to market themselves to international automakers,
reacting to the shift in market share away from the U.S. "Big Three".

(9) The U.S. Department of Energy's NNSA Metrology Program now
explicitly recognizes accreditation bodies that are signatories to the
ILAC MRA for the purposes of accrediting DOE/NNSA Contractor Standards
Laboratories.

(10) The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun to accept A2LA
accredited calibration laboratories (by virtue of A2LA's signatory
status within international MRAs) without the need for additional audits
by the NRC