Standards Central – Online Government and Industry Standards

We're not replacing the official site we're enhancing it. With intuitive navigation, clean formatting, and upcoming AI-powered tools, this platform simplifies how you find, understand, and apply the documents that drive defense systems, compliance, and procurement.

Organize your documents: Account registration required.

• Download: View and download any document.
• Collections: Group related documents by project or topic for easy access.
• Favorites: Pin frequently used documents to a quick-access list.
• Bookmarks: Jump straight to a defined page.

This isn't just access. It's transformation. With streamlined navigation, clean formatting, and upcoming AI-powered tools, we're preparing a smarter way to explore the rules, notices, and policies that shape federal governance.

Easy Access: Multi Tabbed Viewing

Documents are viewed online via the built-in viewer in the document's own tab. The document tab also provides access to abstract information about the standard as well as older versions.

• Displaying a document
• Click on a standard within Search results, a Library, Collections, Favorites, Bookmarks, or a document's Abstract, Versions or Translations options.
• Accessing document information
• In the vertical menu, click on the Abstract icon.
• Accessing related documents
• Click on Versions - Formal English language standards.
• Working with shortcuts
• On the vertical menu is the Collections and Favorites icon, and on the tool bar is the Bookmarks icon.

Fast and Powerful Searching Capabilities

With document search, you can look for a term in document attributes such as the identifier, title and purpose/scope.

• Accessing search
• Try the Search icon in the upper right.
• Try the Search tab, usually next to the Welcome tab.
• On the Search panel - Submitting a search term
• Enter a document identifier or keyword, then click Submit.
• Use the Filter icon to narrow the documents being searched by a Volume.
• Use the Sort dropdown to sort the results.

Standards Technology Group, Inc. (STG)

For over two decades, STG has been a trusted leader in the standards ecosystem—tracking more than 1 million standards, regulations, and codes across industries. We empower users to build and manage their own online libraries of authoritative content—completely free.

We're excited to unveil the newly redesigned Standards Central platform, built for clarity, speed, and scalability. And coming soon: AI-powered search and discovery tools that will redefine how professionals engage with regulatory content.

Our mission is to disrupt the status quo in standards distribution and support—delivering smarter access, enriched context, and a growing suite of premium technical services tailored to modern workflows.

Quick Access: Organize it Your Way

User account required

Collections allow you to associate several documents that you would use together for a specific work project, assignment or topic, so you can refer to those documents collectively at any time. Collections are shortcuts to documents that you create and manage as you need to.

• Viewing a collection's documents
• In the left navigation panel, click the arrow to the right of Collections. This displays the list of collections you have defined. Click on a collection to view its list of documents.
• Assigning documents
• In the left navigation panel, click the word Collections and this will display the Collections tab. On the tab you can assign documents to existing collections by selecting a collection, then clicking on Add Documents.
You can also assign/unassign a document to/from a collection by clicking on the Collections icon on Search results, within a Library, or on the document's viewer toolbar.
• Collection management
• In the left navigation panel, click the word Collections and this will display the Collections tab. On the tab you can manage existing collections or create new collections.

Your Collection of Target Content

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Favorites are documents you access frequently via a quickly accessible list. Clicking on favorite document will open it and go to page 1. Favorites are shortcuts to documents that you assign and unassign as you need to.

Assigning documents

You can also assign/unassign a document as a favorite by clicking on the Favorite icon (a star) on Search results, within a Library, or on the document's viewer toolbar.

Accessing Favorites

Click Favorites in left navigator to view your list of favorite documents.

Click on any defined favorite to open the document.

Rapid Organizational Access

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Whereas Collections or Favorites open up a document and remain on page 1, Bookmarks open a document and go directly to a bookmarked page that you've defined. You can also create unique labels for each bookmark. Bookmarks are shortcuts to documents that you assign and unassign as you need to.

• Assigning pages
• Create these via opened documents - open a document.
• Scroll to a preferred page, click on Bookmark icon.
• Click Bookmark Current Page, enter a bookmark title, click OK.
• Accessing Bookmarks
• Click Bookmarks in left navigator to view your bookmarked document versions.
• Then click on a document version to view the bookmarks you previously defined.
• Then click on any defined bookmark to open the document to the requested page