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Author: Carrie Salters

Sustainability Reporting and Environmental Compliance

Some organizations think about taking the leap into global reporting for sustainability but are not sure where to begin or are unfamiliar with much of the jargon. Other companies are interested in helping with the sustainability movement but have a hard time navigating the plethora of resources available online. And still other organizations do not necessarily want to spend a

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Five Steps to Organizing Compliance Activities – Making a Breeze out of Obtaining Certifications, Passing Inspections, and Adhering to the Due Diligence of Expanding Operations

Organizing compliance activities and their associated documents is key to confidently, efficiently, and effectively passing both internal and external audits and inspections as well as preparing for operational expansion. It is important to determine: Is this an existing company with years of compliance related documentation which needs to be organized, archived, or disposed of? Is this a startup considering expanding

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COVID-19 and CLIA Expedited Certification

With COVID-19 clinical laboratory testing continuing to ramp up throughout the United States and worldwide, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) applications for registration are continuing to increase. In response to the pandemic, the federal government is taking unprecedented action to ensure laboratories in the United States wishing to test for COVID-19 are expedited through the CLIA certificate application process. On

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USCG Crackdown on TPO Inspections of Quality Management Systems

On March 31, 2020, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) updated CG-CVC Mission Management System Work Instructions CVC-WI-005(2) Request For Recognized Organization Internal Quality Management System Review – “Quality Case” to inform USCG Marine Inspectors to “evaluate situations where objective evidence indicates that a potential failure of a Recognized Organization (RO) or a Third Party Organization (TPO) under 46 CFR

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Internal Audits – Objective and Competent

Internal audits, while necessary, are often dreaded by companies that conduct or receive them for a few reasons: • The auditor’s responsibilities are time consuming—they schedule, conduct, and provide a detailed report of each audit to management. • The auditees often feel interrogated by the auditor. • It can be difficult to find a qualified and objective auditor. Internal audits

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