ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB)

The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) is proud to be ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) Accredited. The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) granted the CCIFP Accreditation under ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024, for Personnel Certification Bodies.

Why is Accreditation important? Becoming ANAB Accredited means that the CCIFP certification meets the highest of standards. This provides an added level of confidence in the certification and the people who hold the CCIFP designation. It also protects the integrity of CFMA and its legal defensibly.

In today’s transparent climate, CFMA is committed to fair and impartial management of all certification and re-certification activities, potential conflicts of interest and overall operations.
We have, to the best of our ability, designed our policies and procedures to clearly state that CCIFP conduct is to be fair, uniform, and consistently applied among all applicants, candidates, and CCIFPs.
 

About the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB)

As the voice of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) empowers its members and constituents to strengthen the U.S. marketplace position in the global economy while helping to assure the safety and health of consumers and the protection of the environment.

The Institute oversees the creation, promulgation and use of thousands of norms and guidelines that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector: from acoustic devices to construction equipment, from dairy and livestock production to energy distribution, and many more. ANAB is also actively engaged in accrediting programs that assess conformance to standards – including globally-recognized cross-sector programs such as the ISO 9000 (quality) and ISO 14000 (environmental) management systems.

ANAB is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit organization.
 

Benefits of ANAB Accreditation

• ANAB accreditation involves not only review of the submitted material but also a site visit to ensure that compliance with the requirements and verify documents that have been submitted prior to the on-site visit. Due to a high degree of integrity and confidence that is associated with ANAB accreditation process, ANAB accreditation is generally recognized as the highest standard in personnel certification accreditation.
• The standard used by ANAB to accredit certification bodies is an American National Standard as well as an ISO/IEC Standard. Accreditation to an international standard is extremely important for certification bodies that have global operations or aspirations. The American National Standard is important to facilitate government recognition.
• ANSI follows an internationally recognized process for accrediting organizations. ANAB conducts its accreditation in accordance with the requirement of ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Conformity Assessment -General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies accrediting Conformity Assessment Bodies. This International Standard is the foundational Standard that is used to recognize ANSI accreditation in any multilateral and/or mutual recognition agreements.
• ANSI has a historical track record of successfully conducting accreditation of certification programs drawn from different industrial sectors from not-for-profits, large multinational corporations, and government agencies (in process).

A listing of all programs currently accredited by ANAB, including the CCIFP, can be found by clicking here and the ongoing status of our accreditation may be found by clicking here.