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The Wikipedia is the best general source on the internet (in my humble opinion), with good references to other sites. Here are some links to excellent quality and regulatory sources.
Comments are in italics.
There are 3 sections:

World Regulatory Standards
Regulatory Engineering - Safety & EMC
Quality Engineering & Statistics

Topics World Regulatory Standards

Standards
Calibration

ANSI
American National Standards Institute
"ANSI is a private, non-profit organization (501(c)3) that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system."
European Union CENELEC
is the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization. "Interconnecting the world for a better living: standardization supports the electrotechnical industry by removing barriers to trade; ensuring quality, safety and health for citizens; and stimulating innovation."
Canada
U.S.
North America

CSA
Canadian Standards Association
"We test products for compliance to national and international standards, and issue certification marks for qualified products. Certification marks tell potential customers and users that a product has been evaluated by a formal process-involving examination, testing and follow-up inspection-and that it complies with applicable standards for safety and performance."

U.S.
Safety
Consumer Products
CPSC
"The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children.
This is the place you NEVER want to see your product listed. This page is the portal to all recalls (FDA, CPSC, etc.): U.S. Product Recalls
EMC
U.S.
FCC
FCC regulations search. Full text of laws is free.
Medical Devices U.S.

FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Agency regulations apply to medical equipment manufacturers.
Link to Medical Device recalls
.

Safety Standards
International
IEC
International Standards and Conformity Assessment for all electrical, electronic and related technologies
Safety Standards
International

IEC "CB Scheme"
The IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrotechnical Equipment and Components (IECEE)
This s ite explains the "CB" report scheme used for international safety standards.

Standards
International
ISO
The International Organization for Standardization
International Standards for Business, Government and Society. Standards must be purchased.
EMC
Japan

Japan--VCCI
Voluntary Control Council for Interference
Outline of voluntary control This is an important EMC marking if you plan to export electronic products to Japan. It is a "voluntary" program.

EMC
Lab Accreditation

U.S.

NVLAP
The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program provides third-party accreditation to testing and calibration laboratories. Without this accreditation, lab reports have little value in the U.S.

Safety Standards
Lab Accreditation
U.S.

OSHA Publication - Controlling Electrical Hazards
The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration has a huge amount of content. This link outlines the "big picture" for safety with electrically powered equipment.

OSHA NRTL
Link to the federal law (29 CFR Part 1910.7) with the requirements for Nationally Recognized (Safety) Test Labs (such as CSA, ETL, UL, etc.) .

Standards
U.S.

NIST
"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration. NIST's mission is to develop and promote measurement, standards, and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life."
Safety
Standards
U.S.
Canada

Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) Home Page
UL Safety Standards Information
Find the standard(s) that apply to your product.
UL Product Certification Database
Find recognized components and listed products

Top of page Regulatory Engineering Resources
Europe
CE-Marking

QNet LLC Consulting firm specializing in European Union regulations. See article: EU CE Marking Enforcement.
Regulatory
EMC
Safety
Compliance Engineering MagazineCompliance Engineering Magazine has articles on EMC and safety for a variety of products.
Standards
Training

IEEE Society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers--Index of societies within IEEE. Home pages for EMC and safety: IEEE EMC Society IEEE Product Safety

Regulatory
EMC
Safety

Evaluation Engineering Magazine
General test engineering with some articles on regulatory engineering.

Components
Connectors
Safety
Amp/Tyco
Find specs for typical connectors using this nifty interactive picture/spec page.
Components
Connectors
Safety
Connectors (Molex, Inc.)
Technical information on Molex connectors.
Components
Wire
Safety
Belden Wire and Cable
Link to whitepapers topics on testing, quality, failure mode analysis, etc., with the focus on wire.
Power Supply Design Power Design Handbook--Kepco, Inc.
Excellent site! Lots of information on power supply theory and design.
Power Supply Design Power Supply Design-SMPS Technology
"Power supply circuit design problems, solutions, tutorials, tips, and resources. A website about power supply design for power supply designers."
Excellent! This site has has good information and interesting links.

Test
EMC
Safety

Test & Measurement World Magazine
Link to the archives for "Test & Measurement World, The magazine for quality in electronics."
Test
Temperature
Temperature Sensors
Information repository on devices that measure temperature. Temperature testing is critical in safety evaluations.
Top of page Quality Engineering and Statistics
ISO
Standards
ISO
The International Organization for Standardization generates the ISO9000 series of quality systems for design, manufacturing, and service businesses.
ISO
SPC
Levinson Productivity Systems-ISO 9000 overview
This site isn't "beautiful", but it has information on topics such as SPC and other quality methods.

Test
Calibration

NIST
"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration. NIST's mission is to develop and promote measurement, standards, and technology to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve the quality of life."
Quality System

National Semiconductor
You can view National's Quality Manual for the analog division and other information useful to quality engineers.

Quality, gen.

Quality Magazine
Online magazine covering a wide variety of topics.

Statistics NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook
"The goal of this handbook is to help scientists and engineers incorporate statistical methods in their work as efficiently as possible."
Great resource!
Quality, gen. Total Quality Engineering-White paper collectiong
Well written articles on a wide scope of quality topics.

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