APCO International is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited Standards Developer (ASD). As such, APCO ensures that public safety communications has a role in the development of standards that affect our industry. APCO’s standards development activities include developing standards in workgroups. This course serves to educate members of the SDC, SDC Subcommittees, and SDC Working Groups about ANSI, the APCO Standards Process, APCO SDC Organizational Structure, where to find standards, and overview of PSConnect.