The goal of the Homeland Security Standards Database is to provide a single, comprehensive source for standards that relate to homeland security. To meet this goal, ANSI is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, standards developing organizations, and other stakeholders to identify and classify those standards that are pertinent to the area of homeland security.

The initial effort, which is underway, deals with the area of first responders. This is being done in cooperation with the Responder Knowledge Base and uses the Standardized Equipment List (SEL) from the Interagency Board as the basis for the classification structure. As the project matures, other aspects of homeland security will be included.

There are several ways to access the information in the database. To look for documents by topic, use the home page. The search page can be used to find standards by key word(s) or by document number. To be automatically notified when new documents are added, or when a document is revised, use the alert feature.