Yes, EPA has developed a comprehensive application that an organization must complete and submit to EPA to be considered for recognition as a Verification Oversight Organization (VOO), now referred to as a Home Certification Organization (HCO). Through the application, the organization must provide detailed information about its proposed policies to ensure impartiality and non-discrimination, certification and oversight procedures (including training and credentialing of raters, approved software rating tools, quality control protocols, sampling protocol (if used), and issuing of the ENERGY STAR label), ethics compliance and complaint resolution, and recordkeeping and reporting. Please contact us at energystarhomes@energystar.gov if your organization is interested in applying for recognition.