DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE S COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM PLAN FOR FY 1981

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Acting Chief, Management Staff, ODP
SUBJECT Department of Commerce's
Computer Science and Technology
Program Plan for FY 1981
STATINTL
1. The effect of Federal Information Processing Standards
and associated Publications (FIPS PUBS) on government ADP
operations is now far more significant than it was in the past.
To .ssist you, in managing the impact of future standards on your
programs, I am attaching,( the FIPS program plan for FY 1981.
2. It should be noted that the Agency recently requested
that the authority to waive certain FIPS PUBS be delegated to the
DCI. This request was denied by the Secretary of Commerce.
Commerce, however, stated they are taking action to delegate in
the future waiver authority government-wide to heads of
agencies. :In the meantime, Commerce agreed that, because of our
security concerns, they will assign National Bureau of Standards
personnel with appropriate clearances to hear our waiver requests
on Agency premises. On 9 June, two waiver requests (one each
from ODP and NPIC) were presented as the first test of the agreed
procedures.
3. If you should have any questions on the FIPS program,
STATINThlease contact me on
Attachment: a/s
ODP-81-725
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DISTRIBUTION:
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COMPIITEIt SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
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FEDERAL A
STANDARDS
FY1II1
U.S. Department of Commerce
National Bureau of Standards
Institute for Computer
Sciences and Technology
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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM PLAN: FEDERAL ADP STANDARDS
1.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
FEDERAL ADP MANAGEMENT NEEDS
PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
PROGRAM SCOPE
ADVISORY SERVICES AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
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Tables:
1. FY1981 Funding for Federal ADP Standards Program
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2. FY1981 Standards Areas and Families
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Appendices:
1. Related Reports and Studies
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2. High Priority Families of Standards
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3. Summary of Funded Family Development Plans
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4. Descriptions of Standards and Guidelines
Under Development
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I. PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology is one of
three major technical organizations in the National Bureau of Standards.
The basic mission of the National Bureau of Standards is to develop
national standards of measurement for use in scientific investigations,
engineering, manufacturing, and commerce. NBS' expertise in science
and engineering is applied toward national goals such as (a) continued
economic development and enhanced innovation and productivity in
industry and commerce through optimal utilization of labor, energy,
and material resources; (b) reasonable and equitable regulatory
decision-making that achieves legislative goals effectively and
efficiently without imposing unnecessary burdens on the economy, on
individuals, on public or private organizations, or on State or
local governments; (c) equity in commerce through mutual understanding
and acceptance of recognized transfer standards; (d) accuracy and
compatibility in scientific communication and technology transfer
among industry, government, and academia.
The Federal ADP (automatic data processing) Standards Program
is carried out by the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology
(ICST) at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) under Public Law
89-306 (79 Stat. 1127), commonly known as the Brooks Act. The
Brooks Act provides for the "economic and efficient purchase, lease,
maintenance, operation and utilization of automatic data processing
equipment by Federal departments and agencies."
The following responsibilities assigned to the Secretary of
Commerce under P.L. 89-306 have been delegated to ICST:
to provide Federal agencies with scientific and technological
advisory services for ADP and related systems,
to develop and recommend the establishment of uniform Federal
ADP standards; and
to undertake necessary ADP research.
Guidance and directives concerning these responsibilities are
contained in the December 16, 1966, letter from OMB to the Secretary
of Commerce and Executive Order 11717, dated May 9, 1973. Specific
new assignments to the Department of Commerce (NBS), consistent
with its Brooks Act responsibilities, are mandated in OMB Circular
A-108, dated July 1, 1975, and OMB Circular A-71, Transmittal Memorandum
No. 1, dated July 27, 1978.
This Computer Science and Technology Program Plan describes
ICST's overall goals and objectives in carrying out its Brooks Act
responsibility for Federal ADP standards. It provides the frame-
work of a moving five-year horizon for developing ADP standards
based on current assessments of technology and Federal need. For
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the near-term, the plan details the standards to be developed;
for the out-years, the plan indicates broad areas of need for
future development. As the horizon moves, on-going Federal needs
and technology assessments permit a more definitive set of standards
to be planned from the broad general areas. An annual update
documents the modifications and refinement of the Program Plan.
This plan presents current Federal needs for ADP standards and
reflects ICST's experiences in managing the revitalized Standards
Program for the past two years, its discussions with Federal agencies,
technological developments, and recent Federal ADP policy changes.
ICST's planning and evaluation process provides for continued
review of its programs by Federal agencies and for the development
of studies and analyses that provide timely information on Federal
AOP standards needs and use. The data and requirements developed
in this process are used to select and improve standards and guide-
lines and to assess the effectiveness of the program. As changes
and adjustments to the program are needed, they will be covered in
future revisions to this Program Plan.
To help agency officials and the public understand the standards
program, ICST has prepared a guidebook that describes the procedures
used in the development and evaluation of standards. Entitled,
"Guide to the Federal ADP Standards Program," this publication
covers the processes for selecting standards for development, establishing
priorities for standards development, involving agencies and the
public in reviewing standards, and cooperating with voluntary standards
groups.
ICST's progress in carrying out the standards program is reported
annually in the "Federal ADP Standards Program: Annual Report,"
available from ICST.
Institute for Computer
Sciences and Technology
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D.C. 20234
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II. FEDERAL ADP MANAGEMENT NEEDS
The Federal government's ADP resources represent a large and
growing investment of Federal funds. Expenditures for the general
purpose data processing activities of the, Federal agencies were
about $4.7 billion in FY1979, $5.2 billion in FY1980, and are
expected to reach $6.0 billion in FY1981, according to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) statistics. The number of computers
in the Federal inventory is also increasing. Between FY1977 and
FY1981, the number 'of Federal computers is expected to increase
from 11,418 to 18,153. The Federal Government is a large and
influential user of computers. It is also among the more sophisticated
users of computers, especially in its defense and space programs.
Federal agencies are finding themselves increasingly dependent
on the use of computers for carrying out programs and delivering
essential public services. Computers can make it possible for
agencies to expand and improve programs and services without increasing
the Federal workforce or Federal costs. However, the impact of
computer technology on the performance of government functions.
demands that this technology be managed as effectively and efficiently
as possible.
A major challenge to the Federal government's ability to use
and manage computers effectively is the rapidly changing nature of
the technology. Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic
improvement in computer capabilities resulting in new products and
new users. Developments in semiconductor technology have brought
significant declines in computer costs. Communications costs have
also been declining although not so markedly as hardware costs.
Software-related costs, on the other hand, now exceed the cost of
ADP hardware.
The Federal Government's growing investment in computers, its
increasing dependence on them, and rapidly changing technology are
dynamic conditions that affect the ability of Federal agencies to
manage and use ADP technology effectively. [n recent years, the
goal of better ADP management and use has received high level
attention from the Congress, the General Accounting Office, and the
Office of Management and Budget. Some related reports on the subject
are referenced in Appendix 1.
ADP standards have long been recognized as powerful tools for
improving Federal ADP and assuring the uniform quality and inter-
changeability of products. Standards help to make skills and data
interchangeable, thus reducing training costs and duplication of
effort. Standards improve capabilities for adding on to existing
systems by assuring correct operation of components and subsystems,
and they help to reduce costs by fostering competition in the marketplace.
ICST's ADP Standards Program is directed toward helping the
Federal government meet the challenges of today's computer environment
-- using computers efficiently and effectively, reducing growing
software costs, and taking advantage of cost-effective new technology.
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III. PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The goals of the Federal ADP Standards Program are to develop,
issue, and maintain standards and guidelines needed for: (1) competitive
and economic procurement of Federal computer systems, components
and services, (2) life-cycle efficiency and effectiveness of Federal
computer resources and their utilization, (3),portability of data,
software and technical skills across computer systems, (4) protection
of computer systems and networks against unauthorized access, manipulation
or abuse, (5) reduction of waste, error and unnecessary duplication
in the applications of computer systems, and (6) increased productivity
of the Federal workforce. Standards and guidelines are issued as
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS).
ICST's specific objectives for reaching the goals of the Federal
ADP Standards Program are as follows:
Develop and maintain a comprehensive plan for the development
of Federal ADP standards and guidelines.
Establish close communications with Federal agencies to
determine needs for Federal standards and guidelines.
Conduct technology forecasts to anticipate future needs
for Federal standards and guidelines.
? Coordinate with and support voluntary standards-making
organizations to assure timely, efficient and industry-compatible
standards development.
Perform cost/benefit analyses of proposed standards to
predict their expected economic impact.
? Produce and test standards for Federal ADP systems using
a balanced combination of in-house technical expertise and
specialized contractor assistance.
Promulgate and assure widespread dissemination and implementation
of standards.
Develop methods and procedures to monitor Federal agency
compliance with and assess impact of mandatory standards.
Report annually to OMB and the Congress on progress in
meeting the objectives of the standards program.
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IV. PROGRAM SCOPE
The Federal ADP Program addresses four major areas of Federal
ADP use: (1) Software, (2) Data, (3) Operations, and (4) Interfaces.
Software refers to the step-by-step procedures (programs) that
control-computer operations to produce useful results--from solving
complex differential equations to issuing paychecks. Data includes
information such as facts, values, instructions, and other symbols
that are processed to produce information for decision-making and
management. Operations provide for the proper combination of computing
resources--hardware (equipment), software, data, personnel and
procedures--to support the execution of software and the manipulation
of data. Interfaces refer to the specification of connections--both
hardware and software--that are needed to permit the controlled
flow of information between computers, computing components, and
processes. These four areas are, in turn, divided into groups, or
"families," of standards. The families which have been funded in
FY1981 are identified in Table 1. These families have been selected
on the basis of potential benefit to the government and immediate
Federal need. The standards areas and their constituent families
are shown in Table 2. Needed standards are included in this Program
Plan to the extent possible under current funding.
Software
The software area is addressed by two families of standards:
Hi9h Level Programming Language and Software Quality. The costs of
software development and maintenance already exceed Federal computer
equipment costs, and the changing economics of the technology (i.e.,
cheaper hardware, more expensive labor) is widening the gap. Much
of the software used by Federal computers is produced and maintained
by government programmers. In addition, Federal agencies spend
hundreds of millions of dollars each year on software development
by commercial software vendors and in the purchase of off-the-shelf
software. Yet many of the programs used by the Federal government
contain errors, lack documentation, and are difficult to use on
computers other than the ones for which they were originally written.
The same kind of effort encountered in attempting to move
software from one location to another is required every time an
agency decides to replace an obsolete or saturated computer with
one from another manufacturer. Federal procurement regulations
require open competition among vendors when agencies acquire new
computer systems. Yet the cost of converting software from the old
to a new system can cancel out the savings of better hardware cost/performance.
Similarly, computer programmer skills are frequently not transferable
from one system to another.
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TABLE 1: FY81 Funding
Federal ADP Standards Program
(funding shown in-thousands of dollars)
FY1981
Standards Families Funding
High Level Programming Language $ 1043.
Software Quality 885.
Computer System and Network Interface 5972.
Database Management 1921.
Computer Security and Risk Management 1042.
System Selection and Evaluation 602.
Data Elements and Representations 287
TOTAL 11752.
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TABLE 2: Standards Areas
and Families
FY1981
Areas
Software
Computer Operations
Interfaces
Families
High Level Programming Language
Software Quality
Data Elements and Representations
Database Management
System Selection and Evaluation
Computer Security and Risk Management
Performance Assurance-
Computer System Functional Specification
Computer System and Network Interface
Computer Based Office Automation System
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Software standards are intended-to reduce duplication of effort
and other inefficiencies in producing computer software in the
Federal government. The High Level Programming Language family
develops Federal standard versions of major programming languages
in order to minimize the wasteful effects.of programming dialects
and local variations. Such standards define languages that should
look the same to any manufacturer's computer and to any programmer
trained in the standard version. Although many programming languages
have been developed to simplify and otherwise improve the task of
writing programs, only one language--COBOL--had been made a Federal
standard prior to the strengthening of the ADP standards program in
FY1979. Two others, FORTRAN and Minimal BASIC, have now been made
Federal standard languages. COBOL, a widely used higher level
programming language, is designed for business and administrative
tasks in which the manipulation of data and the generation of reports
tend to be more important than the solution of mathematical. formulas.
FORTRAN, used for scientific, computational problems, and BASIC,
for short interactive problem solution, make possible the portability
of Federal software beyond the business and administrative areas.
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The Software Quality family of standards is designed to increase
the productivity and effectiveness of computer programmers regardless
of the language they use. In this family the software development
process is partitioned into its component phases--design, coding,
specification, and testing--and for each phase, standards of good
practice that have been shown to lead to better, more efficient and
more easily maintained software systems are recommended.
The second major ADP area addressed by the Standards Program
is data handling. Two families have been created to lead to improvements
in this area: Data Elements and Representations and Database Management.
The overall goal in these-families is to insure that computer users
have economical and effective means to record, validate, manipulate
and exchange data.
Helping Federal agency users to interchange and use common
data effectively is the general objective of the Data Elements and
Representations family of standards (formerly called Data Standards
ami y . The Federal government maintains thousands of data bases,
some of which contain millions of individual items of data. The
end users of this data (administrators, scientists, doctors, clerks,
etc.) must learn new data names, formats and codes for every new
source of essentially similar data that they consult. For example,
the name "California" may be represented in a variety of formats
such as Calif., Cal., CA. Without standards, any of these formats
could be used to represent the State of California in data bases,
but only use of that specific format would elicit the desired information
from the database. Standards in Data Elements and Representations
establish a single, unambiguous point of reference for the content
and format of the most commonly used data elements found in the
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The Database Management family approaches the problems of data
handling in terms of the principal software components used to access
and manipulate data. Database Management Standards and guidelines are
intended to insure a family of flexible and uniform software systems by
which data is linked, structured, and accessed as information. The need
for rapid data access has existed for many years, and the primary instruments
of progress in this area have been general purpose software packages
(database management systems) that automatically perform routine formatting,
storing, and accessing tasks needed to get data in and out of computers.
Unfortunately, development of this useful and increasingly necessary
software has been fragmented and uncoordinated, with the result that
conversion and transfer of personnel from one package to another cause
major technical redesign and retraining, often as great as the initial
applications development. Moreover, the capability of these systems
varies considerably, and their demand for resources (core storage, computer
time, and disk space) is often expensive and unpredictable. Database
Management Standards are designed to reduce the inconsistencies and
incompatibilities between data management systems, to reduce personnel
costs of interacting with computer-based information, and to increase
the accessibility of information sources for authorized end users
(generally non-ADP specialists) who depend upon such access to carry out
their agency mission.
Operations
The third major area of Federal ADP, Computer Operations, currently
includes four families of standards: System Selection and Evaluation,
Computer Security and Risk Management, Performance Assurance, and
Computer System Functional Sepcification. Computer operations involve
the problems faced by the managers and technical personnel who plan,
acquire and run medium-to-large scale computer installations. One
family, System Selection and Evaluation (formerly called Performance
Measurement and Evaluation), provides technical guidance in the use of
quantitative and analytical methods to improve computer operations
throughout the life cycle of a computer including the acquisition of
computer systems and services; another, Computer Security and Risk
Management, provides guidance in a problem that faces all computer
installation and information systems managers in the Federal government
today: the protection of computer-based data, software, and systems
against unauthorized access, abuse, and accidents.
The System Selection and Evaluation family is designed to help
computer installation managers satisfy the information processing
requirements of their agencies at the least possible cost to the
government. Installation managers, to be effective, must address three
major problems. First, they must insure that the demands placed on the
agency's computers reflect genuine need. Second, they must help insure
that the translation of agency needs into software systems makes efficient
use of available computing resources. And third, they must recognize
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current and future needs well enough to acquire the most appropriate
(i.e., cost-effective) set of computing resources to satisfy these
needs. stem Selection and Evaluation standards and guidelines provide
managers with a quantitative technical basis for measuring and forecasting
workload, estimating capacity of computer systems and networks, controlling
the day-to-day operation and maintenance of computer resources, and
acquiring new computer systems or services.
The Computer Security and Risk Management family responds to a
tasking of NBS pursuant to 0MB Circular A-1-09-and 0MB Circular A-71,
Transmittal Memorandum No. 1. These directives call for the development
of technical standards and guidelines needed by Federal agencies to
develop safe, reliable, and secure computer systems. The technical
problems of making computer software and hardware less vulnerable to
abuse, accidents, and errors are formidable. The NBS program in Computer
Security and Risk Management addresses these technical problems through
development of methods and procedures to assess potential threats (criminal
abuse, physical intrusion, accidents, natural disasters); to assure that
use of computing resources is authorized; to evaluate and establish
technical evaluation of computer security; and to audit ADP procedures
and techniques for possible misuse or abuse.
Performance Assurance standards and guidelines are needed to assure
that computer systems perform their functions correctly; these standards
deal directly with the problem of computer errors that affect public
privacy, health, and safety. ICST is addressing a part of the need for
technical, ADP-related standards in this area under the Computer Security
and Risk Management and Software Quality families. However, additional
requirements exist for effective ADP standards and guidelines in such
areas as system auditing, integrity, and computer hardware reliability.
Computer System Functional Specification standards are required
to permit agencies to procure computer systems and services on a
fully competitive basis by specifying requirements in terms of end
use, rather than specific resources (equipment, software, etc.) for
meeting requirements. A part of these needs is addressed within
the System Selection and Evaluation family. However, a major need
remains in the area of Federal ADP requirements analysis and definition.
Interf aces
The fourth area of Federal computing addressed by the Standards
program is the need for generalized interfaces between computers
and computer components. One family, Computer System and Network
Interface, includes a wide range of standards and guidelines in
this area. The interface problem is an extension of the software
and data compatibility issues identified earlier. For example,
without standard equipment interfaces, independent manufacturers of
peripheral equipment (printers, tape, and disk components) are
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unable to compete with major computer manufacturers when such products
are needed to augment existing systems. As a result, installation
managers are unable to buy peripheral equipment in a competitive
marketplace and to interconnect components made by different manufacturers.
Similar problems exist throughout the computer industry. In
computer-based office systems, text or information stored on one
typewriter terminal may be inaccessible to the terminal beside it.
In large networks, linkages can be-established and widely distributed
resources pooled only through a multi-level set of protocols. The
flexibility of a computer network and the capability it can offer
its member nodes depend largely on the generality and performance
of the protocols through which it establishes communication. The
Computer System and Network Interface family develops such standards
and guidelines at the level of mini-, micro-, and large scale centralized
computer facilities; local area networks; and geographically distributed
computer networks.
Computer-Based Office Automation System standards and guidelines
would help assure the efficient and effective integration of this
new technology into Federal agencies. A limited effort to meet
these needs has been initiated under the Computer System and Network
Interface family.
A summary of funded family development plans is included in
Appendix 3. Descriptions of standards and guidelines under development
are included in Appendix 4.
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V. ADVISORY SERVICES AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Technological Advisory Services
Since the early 1950's NBS has provided reimbursable technical
advisory services to other Federal agencies in the selection and
application of computer technology. These technical assistance
activities cover a broad spectrum of projects: technical feasibility
studies; design of ADP systems; evaluation of vendor proposals for
computer systems; technical monitoring of systems development; and
computer security projects and risk assessments. ICST has recently
noted strong interest in agency technical assistance for analysis
of ADP life-cycle costs, use of distributed computer systems, evaluation
and selection of database management systems, use of advanced software
tools and techniques, and microprocessor applications.
Working with Federal agencies in these areas provides valuable
insights into changing ADP problems, and enriches ICST's ability to
plan for meaningful and needed Federal standards in carrying out
the Brooks Act. The appropriate scope and level of ICST technological
advisory services is currently under review.
Computer Science and Technology Research
The need for a long-term computer science research program to
support the ICST's Brooks Act mandated responsibilities has been
widely recognized. Such research activities would enable ICST to
anticipate future Federal standards needs and to maintain staff
competence for both advisory services and ADP standards activities.
Specific objectives of an ICST research program, as stated in
the 0MB Policy Guidance letter of 1966, include the following:
1. To supplement agency research efforts when necessary to
meet governmentwide requirements or to provide solutions to problems
of concern to several different agencies.
2. To initiate efforts to solve large-scale and difficult
problems sufficiently unique to special needs of government that
outside interests are not likely to undertake vigorous and timely
action.
3. To evaluate and apply advanced concepts to the development,
organization and implementation of automatic data processing, computer
and related systems, including the innovation or extension of techniques
needed for improved cost effectiveness in the conduct of agency
programs through the use of computers and related techniques.
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4. To conduct exploratory research in order to provide the
technological bases for future standardization activities and to
maintain the competence of the technical staff engaged in technical
advisory services, testing and evaluation, and standardization
activities.
5. To identify continuing computer science and technology
research and development requirements for use by the Institute,
other agencies, industry, academic and other organizations in planning
and'coordinating R and D programs.
Planning is currently underway to identify appropriate research
areas for early consideration as the foundation of a Computer Science
and Technology Research Program that will support these objectives.
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VI. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Starting from. its current posture--a program devoted almost
exclusively to the development, promulgation and management of
Federal ADP Standards--ICST's long-range strategy is to achieve a
balanced three-part program with efforts devoted to (1) standards,
(2) technical advisory services, and (3) research.
The NBS Computer Science and Technology activity deals with a
complex, evolving,technology that has great potential for improving
efficiency and productivity in the Federal government. Many problems
in ADP operations and management exist. Through a carefully planned
and managed program of standards, technical assistance, and research,
agencies can be helped to understand technology advances and use
them effectively to improve programs and services for the public.
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Related Reports and Studies
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APPENDIX 1
Related Reports and Studies
In recent years high level executive and legislative branch organi-
zations have shown strong interest in the government's management and
use of ADP. Some expressions of that interest include:
Procurement of ADP Resources by the Federal Government, October 1, 1976,
House Committee on Government Ope.?ations Report on Administration of
Public Law 89-306 (Report on June 29, 1976 Hearings).
Identifies significant problems in the management of Federal ADP;
concludes that Public Law 89-306 "while providing significant benefits
has neither been satisfactorily administered nor effectively implemented
to its fullest potential;" recommends that GSA, OMB, NBS, and the user
agencies join together in a commitment to fully support and adhere to
the provisions of the Act.
Computer Security in Federal Programs, February 1977, Senate Committee
on Government Operations Report.
Addresses computer security problems in the Federal government; recommends
that OMB take steps to assure that agencies improve the security-of
their computer systems, especially those that distribute public funds
and those that process private and valuable data.
Summary Report, April 1979, President's Federal Data Processing Reorgani-
zation Project, an in-depth study organized by the Office of Management
and Budget.
Addresses problems of management and use of ADP in Federal agencies;
cites public complaints about delays and inaccuracies in the delivery of
services, inadequate protection of rights and privacy of individuals,
the growing obsolescence of equipment, systems, and personnel, and a
threatened loss of U.S. leadership information technology.
Study of the Acquisition of Peripheral Equipment for Use with Automatic
Data Processing S sy tems, June 1969, General Accounting Office Report B-
1-69 .
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Recommends that Federal agencies replace leased components with plug-to-
plug compatible units and that guidelines for the evaluation and selection
of plug-to-plug compatible equipment be developed.
Acquisition and Use of Software Products for Automatic Data Processing
Systems in the Federal Government, June 1971, General Accounting Office
Report B-115369.
Recommends that OMB provide coordinated management and central policy
direction to users in obtaining computer software; that GSA improve
software procurement and contracting procedures; and that PJBS promulgate
standards for computer languages and program documentation.
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Opportunity for Greater Efficiency and Savings Throuah the Use of
Evaluation Techniques in the Federal Governments Computer Operations,
August 1972, General Accounting Office Report B-115369.
Recommends the development of computer performance evaluation techniques
to improve the efficiency of computer operations.
Emphasis Needed on Government's Efforts to Standardize Data Elements
and Codes for Computer Systems, May 1974, General Accounting Office
Report B-115369.
Recommends the development of standards and standards priorities for
data elements and codes, and the development of guidelines, methodology,
and criteria for agency standardization efforts.
Improvement Needed in Documenting Computer Systems, October 1974,
General Accounting Office Report B-115369.
Recommends the issuance of guidance to agencies in documenting computer
systems.
Increased Use of Computer-Output-Microfilm by Federal Agencies Could
Result in Savings, November 1974, General Accounting Office Report B-
115369.
Recommends that agencies investigate whether computer-output-microfilm
use could increase productivity and lower the cost of information systems;
encourages agencies to share COM equipment.
Executive Branch Action on Recommendations of the Commission on Govern-
ment Procurement, March 1975, General Accounting Office Report PS D-75-
61.
Recommends the development and issuance of a set of standard programs to be
used as benchmarks for evaluating vendor ADP proposals.
Uses of Minicomputers in the Federal Government: Trends, Benefits,
and Problems, April 1976, General Accounting Office Report FGMSD-75-53.
Recommends the development of high level programming language standards
to help reduce the cost of converting programs from large-scale data
processing systems to minicomputers.
Improvements Needed in Managing Automated Decisionmaking by Computers
Throughout the Federal Government, April 1976, General Accounting Office
Report FGMSD- - .
Recommends that NBS issue technical guidelines for developing, using,
technically evaluating, documenting, and modifying automated decision
applications to assure that problems are detected and corrected promptly.
Managers Need to Provide Better Protection for Federal Automatic Data
Processing Facilities, May 1976, General Accounting Office Report FGMSD-
76-40.
Recommends that agencies use NBS guidelines for protecting data processing
assets and data when developing and implementing physical security and
risk management programs.
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Millions in Savings Possible in Converting Programs from One Computer to
Another, September 1977, General Accounting Office Report FGMSD-77-34.
Recommends that NBS select and publish a standard set of programming
aids for governmentwide use to improve the original development of
software and its later maintenance and conversion.
ould Save Money and Time and
ng Office Report GMSD-7 -39.
Recommends that NBS develop guidelines for agencies to use when reviewing
their data entry methods or when planning to change them.
The Federal Information Processing Standards Proaram? Many Potential
Benefits, Little Progress, and Many Problems, April 1978, General Accounting
Office Report FGMSD-78-23.
Recommends that Secretary of Commerce develop and implement procedures
for justifying, setting priorities for, and monitoring the development
of standards; commit more existing resources to developing standards;
develop and establish standards unilaterally if the commercial process
takes too long; coordinate Federal agency participation in commercial
standards development; establish budgeting and cost reporting system to
give more information on ICST program, and submit a design for an accounting
system.
Database Management Systems -- Without Careful Planning There Can Be
Problems, June 1979, General Accounting Office Report FGMSD-79-35.
Recommends that NBS develop technical guidelines in collaboration with
GSA to help Federal agencies determine when to use a database management
system; to evaluate and select DMS on a competitive procurement basis;
and develop a family of DBMS standards that recognizes diverse user
needs.
Contracting for Computer Software Development -- Serious Problems
Require Management Attention to Avoid Wasting Additional Millions,
November 1979, General Accounting Office Report FGMSD-80-4.
Recommends that Secretary of Commerce, through NBS and GSA, issue specific
guidelines to assist Federal agencies in recognizing and dealing with
the unique factors added to custom software development when it is done
by contract.
Most Federal Agencies Have Done Little Planning for ADP Disasters,
December 1980, General Accounting Office Report AFMD-81- .
Recommends that OMB ensure, through the Department of Commerce, the
development of standards for ADP backup plans.
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High Priority Families of Standards
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High Priority Families of Standards
ICST has identified ten families of standards that are needed to
improve the management and use of ADP by Federal agencies. These families
of standards which address concerns about Federal ADP expressed by
Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, the General Accounting
Office, and the Federal agencies are being developed to the extent
possible under current funding. The families described here represent
changes to the ten families of standards previously identified in the
June 1979 Computer Science and Technology Program Plan.
High Level Programming Language standards and guidelines to improve
programmer productivity, improve transportability of both programs and
programming skills, and improve program development and maintenance.
These standards and guidelines cover existing programming
languages originally developed for business and scientific
applications, improved languages to be standardized for both
programmer and general use, and standard protocols for
efficient use of computers and networks.
Software Quality standards and guidelines to improve the efficiency of
computer program development and maintenance and to reduce errors in
software systems.
These standards and guidelines cover recommended good practices
for the software development process including design, specification,
and testing.
Computer System and Network Interface standards and guidelines to
permit the interconnection of competitively procured components in
computer systems and networks and to facilitate the effective use of
networks.
These standards and guidelines include specifications for connecting
peripheral devices to computer systems, procedures and formats
for exchanging data and files, issuing commands, and communicating
through computer networks.
Database Management standards and guidelines to reduce information
system conversion problems and to provide more effective use of data
files.
These standards and guidelines cover data description and
documentation; data system planning and specification; database
software specification, evaluation, and selection; system
performance management; data translation and system conversion;
and database reorganization and maintenance.
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Computer Security and Risk Management standards and guidelines to
protect information and reduce risks and vulnerabilities in computer
systems and networks and to assure that computer systems do not perform
unintended functions.
These standards and guidelines cover techniques and methods
to control access to computers and networks, data encryption
to protect information in transmission between computers,
physical security measures, and controls for applications
systems.
System Selection and Evaluation standards and guidelines to improve the
management of installed computer systems and provide for the most cost-
effective acquisition of computer systems and services.
These standards and guidelines cover quantitative methods
for measuring and forecasting workload, estimating the capacity
of computer systems and networks, controlling the day-to-day
operation and maintenance of computer resources, and acquiring
new computer systems or services.
Data Elements and Representations standards to facilitate the use and
interchange of data in machine sensible form.
These standards cover the identification and definition of data
elements and their representations and structure as required
for the collection, processing, and interchange of machine
sensible data.
The followinq families of standards are needed to respond to
Federal policies for computer security, specification of ADP equipment
in procurement actions, and use of computer based office systems.
Performance Assurance standards and guidelines to assure that computer
systems perform their functions correctly.
These standards and guidelines include software and hardware
requirements to control computer errors that affect public
privacy, health, and safety.
Computer Based Office Automation System standards and guidelines to help
assure the efficient and effective integration of this new technology
into Federal agencies.
These standards and guidelines cover the cost-effective selection
and use of computer based office automation systems and the
specification of capabilities required for system components to
exchange data.
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Computer System Functional Specification standards and guidelines to
permit agencies to procure computer systems and services on a fully
competitive basis by specifying requirements in terms of end use,
rather than specific resources for meeting requirements.
These standards and guidelines cover aids for analyzing and
defining ADP requirements in functional terms in order to
reduce costs and improve competition in the acquisition of
ADP systems and services.
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Summary of Funded Family Development Plans
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HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Existing Standards and Guidelines Dates of Issuance
FIPS PUB 21-1
FIPS PUB 29
FIPS PUB 43
FIPS PUB 47
FIPS PUB 68
Common Business Oriented Language 1975 December 1
(COBOL)
Interpretation Procedures for 1974 June 30
Federal Standard COBOL
Aids for Program COBOL Conversion 1975 December 1
(FIPS PUB 21-1)
Federal Standard COBOL Pocket Guide 1977 February 1
Minimal BASIC
FIPS PUB 69 FORTRAN
Needed Standards and Guidelines
Interpretation Procedures for FIPS
Programming Languages (FIPS 29 Revision)
COBOL (Revision)
PASCAL
Extended BASIC
FORTRAN (Revision)
1980 September 4
1980 September 4
ILLEGIBI (Fiscal Year)
1981
1982
1982
1983
1985
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SOFTWARE QUALITY
Existing Standards and Guidelines
FIPS PUB 11
FIPS PUB 20
FIPS PUB 24
FIPS PUB 30
FIPS PUB 38
FIPS PUB 44
FIPS PUB 53
FIPS PUB 64
Vocabulary for Information
Processing
Guidelines for Describing
Information Interchange Formats
Flowchart Symbols and Their
Usage in Information Processing
Software Summary for Describing
Computer Programs and Automation
Data Systems
Guidelines for Documentation of
Computer Programs and Automated Data
Systems
COBOL Coding Form
Transmittal Form for Describing
Computer Magnetic Tape File
Properties
Guidelines for Documentation of
Computer Programs and Automated
Data Systems for the Initiation
Phase
Needed Standards and Guidelines
Tools Taxonomy
General Guideline for Validation, Verification,
and Testing
Guidance on Conversion Tools
Guideline for Validation, Verification and
Testing for Business Data Processing
Guidance on Conversion Techniques
Management Guide for Software Documentation
Dates of Issuance
1977 September 3
1972 March 1
1973 June 30
1974 June 30
1976 February 15
1976 September 1
1978 April 1
1979 August 1
Planned Completion Date
(Fiscal Year)
1982
1982
1982
1983
1983
1983
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COMPUTER SYSTEM AND NETWORK INTERFACE
Existing Standards and Guidelines
FIPS PUB 1-1
FIPS PUB 2
FIPS PUB 3-1
FIPS PUB 7
FIPS PUB 13
FIPS PUB 14-1
FIPS PUB 15
FIPS PUB 16-1
FIPS PUB 17-1
FIPS PUB 18-1
FIPS PUB 22-1
FIPS PUB 25
FIPS PUB 26
FIPS PUB 27
FIPS PUB 32
Code for Information Interchange
Perforated Tape Code for
Information Interchange
Recorded Magnetic Tape for
Information Interchange
(800 CPI, NRZI)
Implementation of Code for
Information Interchange
Rectangular Holes in 12-Row
Punched Cards
Hollerith Punched Card Code
Subsets of Standard Code for
Information Interchange
Bit Sequence of Code for
Information Interchange in
Serial-by-Bit Data Transmission
Character Structure and Character
Parity Sense for Serial-by-Bit
Data Communication in Code for
Information Interchange
Character Structure and Character
Parity Sense for Parallel-by-Bit
Data Communication in Code for
Information Interchange
Synchronous Signaling Rates Between
Data Terminal and Data Communication
Equipment
Recorded Magnetic Tape for Infor-
mation Interchange (1600 CPI, PE)
One-Inch Perforated Paper Tape
for Informtion Interchange
Take-up Reels for one-Inch
Perforated Tape
Optical Character Recognition
Character Sets
Dates of Issuance
1980
1968 November 1
1973 June 30
1969 March 7
1971 October 1
1980
1971 October 1
1977 September 1
1977 September 1
1977 September 7
1977 September 1
1973 June 30
1973 June 30
1973 June.30
1975 August 15
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FIPS PUB 33
Character Set for Handprinting
1974 October 1
FIPS PUB 35
ASCII Code Extension Techniques in
1975 June 1
7 or 8 Bits
FIPS PUB 36
Graphic Representation of Control
1975 June 1
Characters of ASCII
FIPS PUB 37
Synchronous High Speed Data
1975 June 1
Signaling Rates Between Data
Tdrminal Equipment and Data
Communications Equipment
FIPS PUB 40
Guidelines for Optical Character
1976 May 1
Recognition Forms
FIPS PUB 50
Recorded Magnetic Tape for Infor-
1978 February 1
mation Interchange 6250 cpi (246
cpm), Group Coded Recording
FIPS PUB 51
Magnetic Tape Cassettes for Infor-
1978 February 1
mation Interchange (3.810 mm
(0.150 in) Tape at 32 bpmm
(800 bpi), PE)
FIPS PUB 52
Recorded Magnetic Tape Cartridge
1978 July 15
for Information Interchange 4-Track,
6.30 mm (1/4 in), 63 bpmm (1600 bpi),
Phase Encoded
FIPS PUB 54
Computer Output Microform (COM)
1978 July 15
Formats and Reduction Ratios, 16 mm
and 105 mm
FIPS PUB 56
Guidelines for Managing Multivendor
1978 September
Plug-Compatible ADP Systems
FIPS PUB 57
Guidelines for the Measurement of
1978 August 1
Interactive Computer Service
Response Time and Turnaround Time
FIPS PUB 60
I/O Channel Level Interface
1979 February
FIPS PUB 61
Channel Level Power Control
1979 February
Interface
FIPS PUB 62
Operational Specifications for
1979 February
Magnetic Tape Subsystems
FIPS PUB 63
Operational Specifications for
1979 August
Rotating Mass Storage Subsystems
FIPS PUB 67
Guideline for Selection of
1979 September 1
Data Entry Equipment
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FIPS PUB 72
FIPS PUB 78
FIPS PUB 82
FIPS PUB 84
FIPS PUB 85
FIPS PUB 86
Advanced Data Communications
Control Procedures
Guideline for the Measurement of
Remote Batch Computer Service
Guideline for Implementing Advanced
Data Communications Control
Procedures (ADCCP)
Guideline for Inspection and
Quality Control for Alpha-
numeric Computer Output Microforms
Microform COM Reader
Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) Inks
Additional ASCII Controls
1980 March
1980 Mc.y 1
1980 September 26
1980 November
1980 September 19
1980 September 25
1980 December 9
Parallel Recorded Magnetic Tape
Cartridge for Information
Interchange
FIPS number to be assigned when document is signed by the Secretary of Commerce.
Needed Standards and
Guidelines
1981
Large Scale System Interfaces
Operational Specifications for Fixed Block Rotating
Mass Storage
Operational Specifications for High Capacity Disk
High Speed Channel Interface
Minicomputer and Microcomputer Interfaces
Minicomputer Device Interface
Minicomputer Bus Interface
Microcomputer Interface
Data Communications
Terminal Communications Interface
Host Computer Interface
ILLEGIB
1981
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Data Communication System Performance Parameters
Bit Oriented Data Link Control (Revision)
Data Communication System Measurement Methodology
High Level Network Protocols
Transport Control Protocol
Session Control Protocol
File Transfer Protocol
Network Virtual Terminal
Common Command Language
Remote Job Entry
Network Interconnection
Network Interprocess Communication
Network Distributed Data Manac:ement
1982
1982
1984
1981
1981
1982
1982
1982
1983
1983
1984
1985
Message Interchange Format
Guideline on Selection Criteria for Local
Networking Technology
ILLEGIB
ILLEGIB
1981
1981
1982
1982
Device Connection Standard for Local Area Networking 1983
Message System Protocol 1983
Message Processing Directives 1984
Data Input/Output
Data Input/Output Standard
Data Interchange (Magnetic Media)
Recorded Magnetic Cassette Standard
1984
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Recorded Magnetic Flexible Disk Cartridge for
Information Interchange
1982
Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicassette Standard
1982
Self-loading Computer Tape Cartridge Mechanical
Specification
1983
Guideline on Handling of Computer
Magnetic Storage Media
1983
Very High Density Recorded Magnetic Tape Standard
Data Interchange (OCR/COM)
1984
Character Sets for OCR (FIPS PUB 32 Revision)
1981
OCR Character Positioning Standard
1981
Guideline on OCR Print Quality
1982
MICR Read Optically Standard
1982
Hand Print: Character Set (FIPS PUB 33 Revision)
Data Interchange (ASCII Code Standards)
1983
Graphic Representation of ASCII Controls
(FIPS PUB 36 Revision)
1981
Subsets of ASCII (FIPS PUB 15 Revision)
1982
ASCII Applicability (Revision FIPS 1 and 7)
1982
Coding of Character Sets for OCR and MICR
1983
Code Extension Techniques in 7 or 8 Bits (FIPS 35 Revision)
1984
Coded Character Sets for Text Communications
1985
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DATABASE MANAGEMENT '
Existing Standards and Guidelines Dates of Issuance
FIPS PUB 76 Data Dictionary Guideline 1980 July 1
FIPS PUB 77 Applications Management Guideline 1980 September 1
FIPS PUB 79 Magnetic Tape Label and File 1980 August 5
Structure Standard
Needed Standards and Guidelines GIB
Audit and Control in Database
1981
Administration Guideline
Data Translation Standard
1982
Data Dictionary Standard
1983
Performance Management Guideline
DBMS Software Family Standards
1985
10
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COMPUTER SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Existing Standards and Guidelines
FIPS PUB 39
FIPS PUB 41
FIPS PUB 46
FIPS PUB 48
FIPS PUB 65
FIPS PUB 73
FIPS PUB 81
FIPS PUB 83
Dates of Issuance
Guidelines for Automatic Data Pro- 1974 June
cessing Physical Security and Risk
Management
Glossary for Computer Systems 1976 February 15
Security
Computer Security Guidelines for 1975 May
Implementing Privacy Act of 1974
Data Encryption Standard 1977 January 15
Guidelines for the Evaluation of 1977 April 1
Techniques for Automated Personal
Identification
Guideline for Automatic Data 1979 August 1
Processing Risk Analysis
Guideline for Security of Computer 1980 June 30
Applications
Encrypted Data Communications 1980 October 30
Protocols/Modes of Operation Standard
Guideline on Network Access Control 1980 September 29
Needed Standards and Guidelines
ILLEGIB
ILLEGIB
Guideline on Computer Security Audit
for Federal Managers
Guideline on Computer Security Audit
for the EDP Auditor
Risk Analysis Standard
Contingency Planning Standard
Guideline on Security Certification
Guideline for Developing a Computer
Security Program
User Authorization Standard
1981
1981
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Integrating Encryption into Multi-Computer
Systems
1983
Personal Identification Device Standard
1983
Guideline for Determining Security
Requirements
1983
Guideline on Physical Security
1983
Guideline on Fundamental Security
Requirements of Operating Systems
1984
Guideline on Security Variance Detection
1984
Trusted Software Standards
1985
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SYSTEM SELECTION AND EVALUATION
Existing Standards and Guidelines Dates of Issuance
FIPS PUB 42-1 Guidelines for Benchmarking ADP 1977 May 15
Systems in the Competitive
Procurement Environment
FIPS PUB 49 Guidelines on Computer Performance 1977 May 1
Management: An Introduction
FIPS PUB 75 Guideline on Constructing
Computer System Benchmarks
Needed Standards and Guidelines
1980 September 18
ILLE IB
Guidelines on Establishing, Measuring, and 1982
Controlling User Services
Guideline on Forecasting Workload and Service 1982
Guideline on Workload Management 1982
Guideline on Establishing, Measuring, and 1982
Controlling Resource Utilization Levels
Guideline on Cost Accounting and Chargeback 1982
Standards Performance Measures 1983
Guideline on Acquiring Computer Services 1983
Guideline on Measuring and Controlling 1983
System Reliabilty
Guideline on Estimating Computer System Capacity 1983
Common Benchmark Library 1984
Guideline on Monitoring the Performance and 1984
Costs of Acquired Computer Services
Guideline on Conducting Installation 1984
Performance Audits
Guideline on Evaluating System Alternatives 1984
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DATA ELEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS
Existing Standards and Guidelines
FIPS PUB 4
FIPS PUB 5-1
FIPS PUB 6-3
FIPS PUB 8-4
FIPS PUB 9
FIPS PUB 10-3/
LC 1067-1
Calendar Date
States and Outlying Areas
of the U.S.
Counties and County Equivalents
of the States of the U.S.
Standard Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (SMSA's)
Congressional Districts of the
U.S. of Special Sovereignty
Codes for Countries of the World
FIPS PUB 19
FIPS PUB 28
FIPS PUB 45
FIPS PUB 55
FIPS PUB 58
FIPS PUB 59
FIPS PUB 66
FIPS PUB 70
Needed Standards and
Guidelines for Registering Data
Codes
Standardization of Data Elements
and Representations
Guide for the Development,
Implementation and Maintenance of
Standards for the Representation
of Computer Processed Data
Elements
Codes for Cities, Towns and Places
Representation of Local Clock Time
Representation of Universal Time
and Zones
Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) Codes
Geographic Point Locations
Guidel ines
Foreign Countries and Their Subdivisions
Identification of Federal and Related Organizations
-Dates of Issuance
1968 November 1
1970 June 15
1980 December
1974 June 30
1977 March 1
1977 July
1972 February 1
1973 December 5
1976 September 30
1978 June 1
1979 February 1
1979 February 1
1979 August
1980 October 5
Planned Com letion Date
(Fiscal Year)
1981
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Standard Occupational Classification Codes
1981
Water Bodies of the World
1982
Alphanumeric Sequencing of Georgraphic Names
1982
Named Populated Places in the States of
the U.S. and D.C.
1982
Products and Services in Federal Procurement
1983
FIPS PUB 8-5 (Revision) SMSA's
1983
Codes for Research Activities (Fields of Research)
1983
Population Group Designation
1983
Educational Level
1984
Named Populated Places in the United States
(all U.S. territory), Canada and Mexico, addition
of SMSA and Congressional District
1984
Earth Science Program Standards
1984
Transportation Program Standards
1985
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Description of Standards and
Guidelines Under Development
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Language Planning
2. Responsible Group/Indvidual
Programming Science.-Division/S. Stewart
3. Objectives and Benefits
Provide effective planning for a family of standard higher level languages that
promote Federal ADP effectiveness.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
X3J-series
X3H-series
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS 21?-1
FIPS 29
FIPS 68
FIPS 69
~. Additional Information
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Hiqh Level Languages
Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Programming Science' Division/S. Stewart
3. Objectives and Benefits
Provide a Federal standard higher. level language for increased effectiveness
through program portability.
Higher level languages are important because they promote higher programmer
productivity, ease conversion to other systems, encourage transportability
of both programs and programming skills, support modifications with less
effort, and enhance documentation and program testing. The Cobol standard
provides increased effectiveness in business and data base computations.
There is a large volume of Cobol code in the Federal inventory.
b. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5.
Associated Federal Standards
Data Base Management Standards
FIPS 21-1
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Pascal
2.
Responsible Grou Individual
Programming Science Division/Selden L. Stewart
3. Objectives and Benefits
Increased programmer efficiency through Pascal, a higher level language for
information processing applications, providing more powerful and more
rigorous structures than the established Federal standard languagues.
Higher level languages are important because they promote higher programmer
productivity, ease conversion to other systems, encourage transportability
of both programs and programming skills, support modifications with less
effort, and enhance documentation and program testing. The Pascal standard
aims at augmenting the Federal repertory of programming languages with a
very modern, general purpose higher level language.
1~. Associated Voluntar Standards Efforts
5?
Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Basic
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Programming Science'Division/S. Stewart
3. Oblectives and Benefits
Provide a Federal standard higher level language for increased effectiveness
through program portability.
Higher level languages are important because they promote higher programmer
productivity, ease conversion to other systems, encourage transportability of
both programs and programming skills, support modifications with less effort,
and enhance documentation and program testing. The Basic standard aims at
providing a conversational interactive programming language that will promote
common language features available across abroad spectrum of systems and be
accessible to the novice user with important computations. It includes
~S. 1~s~pOC~z~? e~`aVc~il~~t?n e4 Grp,qwrsuli orts
ANSI X3J2
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Fortran
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Programming Science Division/S. Stewart
3. Objectives and Benefits
Provide a Federal standard higher level language for increased effectiveness
through program portability.
Higher level languages are important because they promote higher programmer
productivity, ease conversion to other systems, encourage transportability
of both programs and programming skills, support modifications with less
effort, and enhance documentation and program testing. The Fortran standard
provides increased effectiveness in numerical and scientific computations.
A large volume of Fortran code is currently in use by Federal agencies.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
.ANSI X3J3
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Software Development Tools and Aids
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Programming Science Division/S. Stewart
3. Objectives and Len2fits
To address the role of automated tools in software quality assurance through
analysis and evaluation of existing tools, and to investigate the role of
automated tools and aids in the support of high level language standards.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
~. Associated Federal Standards
Validation, Verification, and Testing Guidelines
Fortran Analyzer
Software Conversion Guidelines
6. Additional Infornation
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5.
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
.1. Title of Standard
Validation, Verification, and Testing Guidelines
2. Responsible Gro-;p/Individual
Programming Science Division/S. Stewart
3. Objectives and Benefits
To provide technical guidelines in the areas of validation, verification, and
testing in order to aid in the management, production, and procurement of high
quality software in Federal government.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Software Engineering Standards -
Test Documentation, Quality Assurance Plan
Associated Federal Standards
Software Conversion
Software Documentation
Software Development Tools and Aids
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Conversion/Portability
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Programming Science Division/S. Stewart
'3. Objectives and-Benefits
To improve the quality and decrease the cost of software produced by
conversion and to increase the portability of newly developed software.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Software Engineering Standards -
Quality Assurance Plan, Test Documentation, Requirements Specifications.
Verification and Validation Guidelines
Software Development Tools and Aids.
Software Documentation Guidelines
6. Additional Information
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
:L. Title of Standard
Software Documentation Guidelines
2. Responsible Group/Individual
- Programming Science'Division/S. Stewart
3. Objectives and Benefits
To provide technical guidelines in the area of software documentation in order
to aid in the management, production, and procurement of high quality software
in the Federal government.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Software Engiheering Standards -
Test Documentation Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, Terminology.
5.
Associated Federal Standards
Software Conversion Guidelines
Software Summary
Software Development Tools and Aids
6. Additional Information
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COMPUTER SYSTEM AND NETWORK INTERFACE
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Faaily of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Stnndard
Operational Specification for Fixed Block Rotating Mass Storage Subsystems
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division./W. Burr
3. Objectives ?snd Benefits
This standard defines the peripheral device dependent operational interface
specifications for connecting fixed block magnetic disk equipment as part
of ADP systems via the I/O channel interface. This standard together with
the I/O channel interface standard and the channel level power control
interface standard provides full plug-to-plug interchangeability for rotating
mass storage subsystems. This set of standards will enable the competitive
acquisition of computer system components from separate, independent sources
as well as the improved reutilization of system components in the Federal
inventory.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3T9
5. Associated Federal Standards
I/O Channel Interface (PIPS PUB 60)
Power Control Interface (FIPS PUB 61)
Operational Specifications for Magnetic Tape Subsystems (FIPS PUB 62)
Operational Specifications for Rotating Mass Storage Subsystems (FIPS PUB 63)
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Operational Specifications for High Capacity Disk
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/W. Burr
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard defines the peripheral device dependent operational interface
specifications for connecting high capacity magnetic disk equipment as part
of ADP systems via the I/O channel interface. This standard together with
the I/O channel interface standard and the channel level power control
interface standard provides full plug-to-plug interchangeability for rotating
mass storage subsystems. This set of standards will enable the competitive
acquisition of computer sytem components from separate, independent sources
as well as the improved reutilization of system components in the Federal
inventory. ?
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3T9
5. Associated Federal Standards
I/O Channel Interface (FIPS PUB 60)
Power Control Interface (FIPS PUB 61)
Operational Specifications for Magnetic Tape Subsystems (FIPS PUB 62)
Operational Specifications for Rotating Mass Storage Subsystems (FIPS PUB 63)
Operational Specifications for Fixed Block Rotating Mass Storage Subsystems
(FIPS PUB XX)
0. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
I. Title of Standard
High Speed Channel Interface
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/W. Burr
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard will define the I/O channel level to peripheral controller
or an equivalent interface that will replace or supplement the. initial
I/O channel level standard for future systems and computer architectures.
Like the initial I/O channel interface standards, this standard will enable
the competitive acquisition of computer system components from separate,
independent sources as well as the improved reutilization of system
components in the Federal inventory.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
At NBS instigation, ANSI Technical Committee X3T9 is in the process of
organizing a Subcommittee, X3T9.5, to work on a high speed local distributed
data interface.
5.
Associated :'ecleral Standards
I/O Channel Interface (FIPS PUB 60)
Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Minicomputer Device Interface (Storage Module Disk)
2. Resvonsible Grouv!Individual
System Components Division/W. Burr
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard will define the controller to disk drive interface and will
provide plug-to-plug interchangeability for disk drives. This standard
will permit the competitive acquisition of disk drives from independent
sources as well as improved reutilization of disk drives in the Federal
inventory.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Draft Proposed ANSI Standard for Storage Module Interfaces X3T93/036 Revision 9
forwarded by X3T9 to X3 for further processing.
5. Associated Federal Standards
None
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Minicomputer Bus Interface
2. Resmonsible Grcun-/individual
System Components Division/G. Clark
3. ObJectives and Benefits
This standard will define the minicomputer-to-device controller interface
(corresponding to the I/O channel interface for large computers). This
standard will provide plug-to-plug interchangeability for minicomputer
peripherals at the I/O controller level, enabling competitive acquisition.
of peripheral components as well as improved reutilization of components
with Federal inventory.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3T9
ISO/TC97/SC13
5.
Assoc'-a-'.---d^ec.eral Standards
6. Additional lnfarmation
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Microcomputer Interface
2. Resvonsible Grc.uv/Individual
System Components Division/D. Grubb
3. Objectives and Benefits
To provide Federal agencies with a standard governing the interface to
minicomputers, thereby enabling microcomputers and associated components
to be procured in a fully competitive manner and assuring operability
of systems and the accurate exchange of data across interfaces.
1. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
IEEE Microprocessor Standards Committee
IEEE P896 Microcomputer Future Backplan Bus Standard Committee
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE. DESCRIPTION
.. Title of Standard
Terminal Communications Interface
Resmonsible GrounfIndividual
System Components Division/E. Scace
objectives and Benefits
This standard will describe the cable,' connectors, and signaling method to be
employed in digital com-muni cations between a data terminal equipment (DTE) and
data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE). All data terminal equipments (OTE)
which operate in accordance with this standard will be able to exchange informa-
tion through control, and recEive status from all data circuit-terminating equip-
ments (DCE) which operate in accordance with this standard, provided c'l-,ar
conditions are met. This standard will enable competitive acquisition of DTE's
and DCE's from separate, independent sources as well as improved reutilization
of these equipments within the Federal inventory.
Assoc'-aced lun'arv Standards .6 -3
EIA RS-422A, Electrical Characteristics of Balanced Voltage Digital Interface Circuits
EIA RS-423A, Electrical Characteristics of Unbalanced Voltage Digital Interface Circuits
EIA RS-449, General Purpose 37-Position and 9-Position Interface for Data Terminal
Equipment and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data
Interchange
5. Associated federal Standards
Fed. Std. 1020, Telecommunications: Electrical Characteristics of Balanced Voltage
Digital Interface Circuits
Fed. Std. 1030, Telecommunications: Electrical Characteristics of Unbalanced Voltage
Digital Interface Circuits
Fed. Std. 1031, Telecommunications: General Purpose 37-Position and 9-Position
Interface for Data Terminal Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange
6. Additional Infor_ation
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Host Computer Interface
2. Restionsible Groun/Individual
System Components Division/E. Scace
3. Ob1ectives and Benefits
This standard will describe the procedures and formats to be used when
computers or terminal establish a connection'to a packet switching
communications network, and transmit and receive information over this
connection. This standard will allow competitive purchase from separate,
independent sources of packet switching communications services, and
computers and terminals using these services. This standard will also
improve reutilization of this equipment within the Federal inventory.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Interface Between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data Circuit-Terminating
Equipment (DCE) for Terminals Operating with Packet Mode on Public Data
Networks -.CCITT Recommendation X.25.
5. Associated Federal Standards
Co-ordinated effort, schedule, & publication planned with the National
Communication Service (NCS).
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Data Communications System Performance Parameters
2. Responsible Grcun/Inc?ividaal
System Components Division/R. Moore, D. Grubb
3. Objecti-res and Benefits
The objective of this standard is to provide a set of user oriented, system
independent, parameters to characterize the performance of data communications
systems or services.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3S3.5
5. Associe.te3 ~'e~?era' Standards
The standard is expected to replace interim Federal Standard 1033.
6. Additional Information
Other related standards are ANSI X3.44-1974 and ANSI X3.79-1979.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
].. Title of Standard
Revised Bit-Oriented Data Link Control
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/E. Scace
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard will describe protocols for communications circuits using
synchronous signaling methods. The protocols include: transmitting and
receiving information; detecting transmission errors in received information
and recovering from those errors; halting and starting the flow of inforration.
All equipment operating in accordance with this standard can transmit and
receive error-free information with other conforming equipment provided
other conditions are met. This standard will allow competitive purchase of
computer equipment from separate, independent sources as well as improve
reutilization of this equipment within the Federal inventory.
1t. Associated voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X.366-1979, Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures (ADCCP)
ISO IS 3309, Data Communications - High Level Data Link Control -- Frame Structure
ISO IS 4335, Data Communications - High Level Data Link Control -- Elements-of
Procedure, Independent Numbering
Associated Federal Standards
Fed. Std. 1003, Telecommunications: Synchronous Bit-Oriented Data Link Control
Procedures (Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures)
Additional Information
The need for a FIPS Guideline advising Federal agencies of application consideration:
and constraints recommended to ensure compatibility within the Federal community his
been recognized. This is presently under development.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
Title of Standard.
Data Communications System Measurement Methodology
2. Restaonsible Groin /,Individual
System Components Division/D. Grubb, R. Moore
3. Objectives and Benefits
The objective of this standard is to prescribe methods for determining values
for the set of user oriented, system independent, parameters that characterize
the performance of data communications systems or services.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards E,-forts
5.
This standard will be developed by ANSI X3S3.5
This standard is expected to be adopted as a Federal Standard.
6. Additional Tnfor--s.tion
Other related standards are ANSI X3.44-1074 and ANSI X3.79-1979
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Fa i. 3 of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
-1. Title of Standard
Transport Control Protocol
2. Resvonsible GrouD/IIndividual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/JohnHeafner
3. Object_ves and Benefits
The Transoort Control Protocol Standard is one of a set of high-level
computer network protocol standards. It will make possible the inter-
connection of competitively procured network components such as computers
and terminals. It will enable the Government to select such components
based upon performance and cost, and be assured that they will work
correctly when interconnected. This protocol will define end-to-end
mechanism for reliable transfer of information in a heterogeneous network.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
American National Standards Institute
International Organization for Standardization
Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Session Control Protocol
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/John Heafner
The Network Session Control Protocol Standard is one of a set of high-
level computer network protocol standards. It will make possible the
interconnection of competitively procured netv:ork components such as
computers and terminals. It will enable the Government to select such
components based upon performance and cost, and be assured that they will work
correctly when interconnected. This protocol will define end-to-end
mechanism for reliable transfer of information in a heterogeneous network.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
American National Standards Institute
International Organization for Standardization
Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
File Transfer Protocol
2.. Resvonsible Grcu'/Ir.di vidual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/John Heafner
3.. Objectives and Benefits
This is one of a set of high-level, computer network protocol standards. It
will *make possible the interconnection of competitively procured network
components such as computers and terminals. It will enable the Government to
select such components based upon performance and cost, and be assured that
they will work correctly when interconnected. This protocol defines the data
transformations and file access operations necessary to support file transfer
in a heterogeneous computer network.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
American National Standards Institute
International Organization for standardization
5. Associated Federal Standards
Additional Ir-fcrnation
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FsriJ.y of StP_ndares
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Network Virtual Terminal
Resvonsible Group/Individual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/John Heafner
Ob.iectives and Benefits
This is one of a set of high-level, computer network protocol standards. It
will make possible the interconnection of competitively procured network
components such as computers and terminals. It will enable the Government to
select such components based upon performance and cost, and be assured that
they will work correctly when interconnected. Thi: protocol defines the
data transformation and device handling aspects of terminals used in a
heterogeneous computer network.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
American 'National Standards Institute
International Organization for Standardization
Associated Federal Standards
6j. Adaitiona1 Inforration
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1.
Title of Standard
Common Command Language
2.
Res-ionsible Groun/Indiv;dual.
Systems and Network Architecture Division/John Heafner
3.
Objectives and "Benefits
This is one of a set of high-level, computer network protocol standards.
d
k
It
networ
will make possible the interconnection of competitively procure
components such as computers and terminals. It will enable the Government
to select such components based upon performance and cost; and be assured that
they will work correctly when interconnected. This protocol defines a common
set of file access and manipulation operations that support file transfer and
remote job entry in heterogeneous networks.
]. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
American National Standards Institute
International Organization for Standardization
Associated Federal Standards
Remote Job Entry
5. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
I. Title of Standard.
Remote Job Entry
-2. Res-vonsible Grcup/Individual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/John Heafner
3. Objectives and ^er.efits
This is one of a set of high-level, computer network protocol standards. It
will make possible the interconnection of competitively procured network
components such as computers and terminals. It will enable the Government
to select such components based upon performance.and cost, and be assured
that they will work correctly when interconnected. This protocol defines a
comnon set of procedures for remote job processing in a heterogeneous computer
network.
4. Assoc'-ated Vo1u_zarv Standards Efforts
American National Standards ' Insti tute
International Organization for Standardization
5. Associated Federal Standards
Common Command Language
6.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Network Interconnection
2. Resmonsible Grour/Individi:al
Systems and Network Architecture Division/John Heafner
3. 0b9ectives and Benefits
This is one of a set of high-level, computer network protocol standards. It
will make possible the interconnection of competitively procured network
components such as computers and terminals. It will enable the Government
to select such components based upon performance and cost, and be assured that
they will work correctly when interconnected. This standard is a protocol for
interconnection of separate local or geographically dispersed Federal computer
networks.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
American National Standards Institute
International Organization for Standardization
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Network Interprocess Communication
2. ResTonsible Grouu/Individual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/John Heafner
Objectives and Benefits
This is one of a set of high-level, computer network protocol standards. It
will make possible the interconnection of competitively procured network
components such as computers and terminals. They will enable the Government
to select such components based upon performance and cost, and be assured that
they will work correctly when interconnected. This protocol defines the
communication support necessary between cooperating processes on a
heterogeneous computer network.
1.. Associated Voluntary Standards E fors
American National Standards Institute
International Organization for Standardization
5?
Associated Federal Standards
6.
Additional rnfor=ation
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Network Distributed Data Management
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/S. R. Kimbleton
3. 0b.jectives and Benefits
This is one of a set of high level protocol standards for computer networks that
will make possible the interconnection of competitively procured network
components, such as host computers and intelligent terminals. This will enable
the Federal Government to pick and choose such components based on performance
and cost, and be assured they will work correctly when connected together. This
standard is a protocol that provides a uniform means for users to interact with
heterogeneous database management systems in a computer network.
h. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
American National Standards Institute
International Standard Organization
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Message Interchange Format
2. Resvonsible Grou o/T_ndividual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/S. Watkins
3. Objectives and Benefits
The objective of this standard is to permit the exchange of messages in automated
form between dissimilar computer-based message systems and services by providing
a logical interface between them. Such a standard will greatly increase the
utility of computer-based message systems to all users by vastly increasing the
range of possible originators/recipients; will reduce the cost of interconnectiol.
by eliminating the need for multiple different translation devices between systems;
and will permit computer-based message systems and services to be produced more
competitively.
ii. Associated Vc_untary Standards Efforts
IFIP WG 6.5
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Infcr=ation
This standard will nct address the format of the content of the messages. Only
header information such as source and destination address, subject, date and
similar items will be specified in this standard.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD-OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Selection Criteria for Local-Networking Technology
2. Responsible Grouu/Individual
Systems & Network Architecture Division
3. Objectives and Benefits
This Guideline will contain the feature analysis of the latest technology
for local area networking and the methodology for performing requirements
analyses including a mechanism for relating requirements to technological
features. This will assist agencies in selecting the most cost effective
local area networking technology.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
Title of Standard
Flexible Disk File Format
Responsible Group/IndivicLal
Systems and Network Architecture Division/S. Watkins
Ob'ecti?:es and Eenef_ts
This standard will provide for the interchange of automated files of data on
flexible magnetic disks between computer-based office information systems and
as such will serve as an interface between different computer-based office
information systems. The standard will eliminate the need for costly format
conversion equipment currently required to exchange data on magnetic media
between such systems, and will permit storage subsystems for such systems to
be procured more competitively.
4. Associated Vcluntarv Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Text Editing Directives
2. ResDonsible
Grouu/T_ndiv_d~:al
Systems and Network Architecture Division/S. Watkins
3. Ob;ecti.-es and Benefits
This standard will provide a common user interface for all text editing operations
commonly performed with computer-based office information systems. Such
standardization will significantly reduce training and operations costs for
these systems, and will permit systems to be procured on a more competitive basis.
4. Associated Voluntar,
y Star_dards efforts
ANSI X3J6
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Addi;.ional InforMation
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Fa i1y of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Device Connection Standard for Local Area Networking
2. '.Res-oonsible GrcuD/Individual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/R. Rosenthal
Objectives and Eenefits
This standard will provide a uniform interface to local area computer networks
that will enable such networks and their interface units to be procured on a
fully competitive basis, and will enable a wide range of terminal equipment t.
ve connected to such networks in a common way.
4. Associ:=ted 7clunta=y Stardards Efforts
~. Associated Federal Standards
6.
jkdditionai Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Message System Protocol
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Systems & Network Architecture Division
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard will provide a uniform mechanism for exchanging messages
among users of computer base message systems. This standard makes use
of the other protocol standards being developed within the networking
program with the exchange of computer based information.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Associated Federal Stand:.rds
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Message Processing Directives
2. Res>onsible Grcu-/Individual
Systems and Network Architecture Division/S. Watkins
3. Objectives and 3enefits
This standard will provide a common user interface for all message processing
operations commonly performed with computer-based message systems. Such
standardization will significantly reduce training and operation costs for
such systems, and will permit systems to be procured on a more competitive
basis.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
IFIP Wg 6.5
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. AdJI.tior,al Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Text Formatting Directives
2. Resvonsible Grcum/Indi v;dual
Systems and Network'Architecture Division/S. Watkins
3. 0biectities and Benefits
This standard will provide a common user interface for all text formatting
operations commonly performed with computer-based office information systems.
Such standardization will significantly reduce training and operations costs
for such systems, and will permit systems to be procured on a more competitive
basis.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
!5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Data Input/Output Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/ D. S. Pallett
Objectives and Benefits
To provide information that will lead to more economic and efficient
utilization of data entry and output components of systems.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
~. Additional Inforration
FIPS 67 - Guideline on Selection of Data Entry Equipment was published in
FY 1979.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Recorded Magnetic Cassette Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/S. Geller
0
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard, together with related standards defining the physical and
magnetic characteristics of the magnetic tape cassette, will specify the
encoding conventions and format necessary to ensure data interchange for
this form of media. This standard, with the associated Standard Reference
Material (SRM 1600), will provide compatibility among tape cassettes and
related recording and reproducing equipment obtained from independent
sources of supply.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X385, Cassettes and Cartridges
5.
Associated Federal Standards
FIPS 1,
FIPS 7,
Media
FIPS 35,
FIPS 51,
Federal Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
Implementation of the Code for Information Interchange and Related
Standards
Code Extension Techniques in 7 or 8 bits (ASCII)
Magnetic Tape Cassettes for Information Interchange
6.
Additional Information
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FEDE
ADP STA
ARID OR GUIIDELH'E DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Recorded Magnetic Flexible Disk Cartridge
for Information Interchange
2. Resmonsible Grcun/Individual
System Components Division/S. Geller
3. Objective:; and Benefits
This standard, together with related standards defining the physical and
magnetic characteristics of the magnetic flexible disk cartridge, will specify
the encoding conventions and format necessary to ensure data interchange for
this form of media. This standard, with the associate Standard Reference
Material (SRM 3210), will provide compatibility among flexible disks and
related recording and reproducing equipment obtained from independent sources
of supply.
14. Associated JolurtarYr Standards Efforts
ANSI X368, Flexible Disk
5. Associ ted Federal Standards
FIPS 1, Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
FIPS 7, Implementation of the Code for Information Interchange and Related
Media Standards
FIPS 35, Code Extension Techniques in 7 or 8 Bits (ASCII)
6 . Add._ t i oral In ra r^ at ~on
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Recorded Magnetic Tape Minicassette Standard
2. Responsible Grcuo/Individual
- System Components Division/S. Geller
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard, together with related standards defining the physical and magnetic
characteristics of the magnetic tape minicassette, will specify the encoding
conventions and format necessary to ensure data interchange for this form of media.
This standard, with the associate Standard Reference Material, will provide
compatibility among minicassettes and related recording and reproducing'equipment
obtained from independent sources of supply.
1. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3B5, Cassettes and Cartridges
5. Associated federal Standards
FIPS. 1,-Federal Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
FIPS 7, Implementation of the Code for Information Interchange and Related Media
Standards
FIPS 35, Code Extension Techniques in 7 and 8 Bits (ASCII)
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Self Loading Computer Tape Cartridge Mechanical
(Functional) Specification
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/S. Geller
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard provides the information necessary to allow for physical
interchange of a self-loading cartridge when used with half inch wide
magnetic computer tape as described in GSA Interim Purchase Specification
WT-0051C. This standard will provide for compatibility, at acceptable
performance levels, among reels of magnetic computer tape, computer tape
handlers, and self-loading cartridges obtained from independent sources
of supply.
1. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3B1, Computer Tape
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS 1, Federal Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
FIPS 7, Implementation of the Code for Information Interchange and Related
Media Standards
FIPS 35, Code Extension Techniques in 7 or 8 bits (ASCII)
FIPS 3-1, Recorded Magnetic Tape for Information Interchange (800 CPI, NRZI)
FIPS 25, Recorded Magnetic Tape for Information Interchange (1600 CPI, PE)
FIPS 50, Recorded Magnetic Tape for Information Interchange, 6250 cpi (246 cpmm),
,6. Additional Information Group Coded Recording
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Handling of Computer Magnetic Storage Media
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/S. Geller
3. Objectives and Benefits
These guidelines are a basic reference document to inform Federal agencies of
current approaches to the care and handling procedures which should be
followed to assure successful preparation, storage, and recall of data which
are stored on magnetic'computer storage media. These guidelines are oriented
towards the managers of ADP installations which incorporate large computer
magnetic tape libraries. Their objective is to improve the operational
reliability of these media and to reduce the potential for costly data losses
in Federal ADP systems.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3B1, Computer Tape
ISO/TC97/SCll, Flexible Magnetic Media for Digital Interchange
Tape Head Interface Committee (THIC), Magnetic Media
ECMA TC17, Magnetic Tapes
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Very High Density Recorded Magnetic Tape Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/S. Geller
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard, together with related standards defining the physical and
magnetic characteristics of the very high density magnetic tape, will
specify the encoding conventions and format necessary to ensure data
interchange for this form of media. This standard, with the associate
Standard Reference Material, will provide compatibility among very high
density magnetic tapes and related recording and reproducing equipment
obtained from independent sources of supply.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3B1, Computer Tape (no existing efforts in FY 81)
5. Associated Federal Standards
16.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standdrd
Character Sets for OCR (FIPS PUB 32 Revision)
2. Res'oonsible G'rcuD/T_rdividual'
System Components Division/T. Bagg
3. Objectives and Eenefits
The objective is to establish a standard that ensures a compatible range of
reflectiveness for read and non-read inks used for OCR. Such a standard
enhances reading accuracy and eliminates the necessity of determining and
subsequently writing a specification for inks that are suitable for priming
forms and imprinting the data to be read automatically.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Guideline for OCR Print Quality being developed by ANSI X3A1.
5. Associated F ea.eral Standards
Guideline for OCR Print Quality (being developed).
~. Additional information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
OCR Character Positioning Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Diyision/T. Bagg
Objectives and Benefits
The objective is to establish the nominal position with allowable
tolerance of OCR characters in relation to their location to other
machine readable characters or sensed marks and to the document edges.
The benefits result in the accurate reading of data for computer input
by automatic means. Properly installed OCR systems will increase data
input accuracy at speeds up to ten times faster and keystroking.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Proposed ANSI Standard BSR X3.93M-1980, Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) Character Positioning
Proposed ANSI revised standard BSR X3.17-1980, Character Set for Optical
Character Recognition (OCR-A)
ANSI Standard X3.49-1975, Character Set for Optical Character Recognition (OCR-B)
ANSI Standard X3.86-.1980, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Inks
Proposed ANSI Guideline for OCR Print Quality
5.
Associated. Federal Standards
FIPS 32,
FIPS 40,
FIPS 85,
Proposed
Character Sets for OCR
Guideline for Optical Character Recognition Forms
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Inks
FIPS Guideline fGr OCR Print Quality
6.
Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline for OCR Print Quality
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components 'Division/T. Bagg
3. Objectives and Benefits
The objective is to establish minimum values of print quality of OCR
characters and methods of measuring these values. The benefits result
in accurate reading of data for computer input by automatic means.
Characters with properly printed shapes and adequate contrast between
the paper and ink can be read automatically up to ten times faster
and more accurately than when keystroked.
1. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Proposed ANSI Standard BSR X3.93M-1980, Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) Character Positioning
Proposed ANSI revised standard BSR X3.17-1980,. Character Set for Optical
Character Recognition (OCR-A)
ANSI Standard X3.49-1975, Character Set for Optical Character Recognition (OCR-B)
ANSI Standard X3.86-1980, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Inks
Proposed ANSI Guideline for OCR Print Quality
5.
Associated Federal Standards.
FIPS 32, Character Sets for OCR
FIPS 40, Guideline for Optical Character Recognition Forms
FIPS 85, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Inks
Proposed FIPS for Optical Character Recognition (
OCR) Character Positioning
6.
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Additional Inforr,etion
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
MICR Read Optically Standard
2. Res-consible Group/Individual
System Components Division/T. Bagg
3. Objectives and Benefits
The objective is to provide guidance for Government agencies who must read
MICR optically to reduce the amount of manual keyboarding for characters not
recognized by magnetic reading devices. Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
techniques have the ability to more accurately recognize characters as a
significant low level of perfection than magnetic readers. Significant
savings will accrue by greatly reducing human intervention.
tt. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Print Specifications for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR), ANSI X3.2
j. Associated Federal Standards
Character Sets for Optical Character Recognition, FIPS PUB 32
O. Additional tnfcr ation
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FEDERAL,AEP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Hand Print Character Set (FIPS 33 Revision)
2. Responsible-Group/Individual
System Components Division/T. Bagg
3. Objectives and Benefits
The objective is to maintain a standard that ensures accurate reading of
handprinted data automatically for computer processing. The benefits
result in savings by not requiring the keystroking of such data.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3.45, Character Set for Handprinting
Proposed ANSI Standard, Guideline for OCR Print Quality.
Associated Federal Standards
FIPS 40, Guideline for Optical Character Recognition Forms
Proposed FIPS Guideline for OCR Print Quality
6. Additionalinformation
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Graphic Representation of ASCII Controls (FIPS PUB 36 Revision)
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/J. Little
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard specifies graphical representation for the 34 characters of
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) FIPS 1-1) for
which graphical representation is, not indicated in FIPS 1-1. Use of this
standard in displays and printers will facilitate the interchange of ADP
data and programs which contain control characters that are normally
non-printing.
k.' Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3.32-1973, Graphic Representation of the Control Characters of ASCII
ISO 2047-1975, Graphical Representation for the Control Characters of the
7-Bit Coded Character Set
Associated Federal Standards
FIPS 1-1, Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
6. Additional Information
ANSI X3.32-1973 and ISO 2047-1975 are currently being revised to eliminate
a few conflicts with other ISO standards. It is expected that the revision
of ISO 2047 will be adopted as ANSI X3.32 and in turn as FIPS PUB 36-1.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard.
Subsets of ASCII (FIPS PUB 15 Revision)
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Di'vision/J. Little
3. Objectives and Benefits
These character subsets are intended to be used for all printers, display
devices, punched card equipment, and other data processing or communication
equipment in those systems or applications that do not require the full
128-character set contained in FIPS PUB 1-1. The use of the 64 or 16-character
graphic subsets in lieu of the full set of 95 graphics, where appropriate,
can result in advantageo,:s combinations of increased speed of printing or
display, decreased costs, decreased complexity, and efficient manipulation.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Graphic Subsets of ASCII developed and approved by ANSI Technical Committee
X3L2 as document X3L2/78/86.
Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 1-1, Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
6. Additional Information
The anticipated ANSI standard in X3L2/73/86 has the same 16, 64, and 95 graphic
character subsets as FIPS PUB 15 and also has a 49 character graphic subset. It
is not certain whether the 49 character subset will be included in FIPS PUB 15-1.
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FEDERAL-ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
ASCII Applicability Revision (FIPS 1 and 7 Revision)
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/J. Little
Objectives and Benefits
ASCII (FIPS PUB 1) is the coded character set to be used for the general
interchange of information among processing systems, communication systems,
and associated equipment. FIPS PUB 7 is the implementation instructions.
FIPS PUB 1 was published in 1968, and FIPS PUB 7 in 1969. FIPS PUB 1-1
was published in 1980 but the applicability section was not revised. Revised
applicability statements of FIPS PUBS 1-1, 7, 15, 35, and XX will be processed
together during 1982 to provide greater consistency among them and other
FIPS PUBS.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3L2
ISO/TC97/SC2
5. Associated Federal Standards
.FIPS PUB 35-1975/ANSI X3.41-1974 (code extension, 7 or 8 bits)
FIPS PUB XX, Additional Controls for Use with ASCII
6. Additional Information
The 1980 FIPS PUB 1-1 does not include the implementation instructions of
FIPS PUB 7. The next revision of FIPS PUB 1-1 should encompass FIPS PUB 7
implementation instructions along with revised applicability statement.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Coding of Character Sets for OCR and MICR
2. Responsible Grou o/Individual
System Components Division/J. Little
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard will define the bit-coded representation of printed character's
recognized optically or magnetically by reading equipment, permitting reading
equipment and data produced by reading equipment to be interchanged and
entered into computers in a standard manner.
4. Associated Voluntary Standarrts Efforts
ISO 2033-1972 and a pending revision expected in 1982.
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 1-1, Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
FIPS PUB 32-1, OCR Character Sets
6. Additional Information
The existing ISO 2033-1972 and its proposed revision encompass coding for
OCR-A, CCR-B, and MICR C1C-7 character sets, but not MICR El 3B characters.
CMC-7 is widely used on European bank checks. E13B, as specified in
ANSI standards X3.2-1970 and X33-1970, is used on American bank checks.
An attempt is being made by ANSI Technical Committee X3L2 to provide MICR
and OCR coding in ISO 2033 that is compatible with ISO DP 6937, Coded
Character Set for Text Communication.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Code Extension Techniques in 7 or 8 Bits (FIPS PUS 35 Revision)
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/J. Little
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard specifies methods of extending the 7-bit code of ASCII (American
Standard Code for Information Interchange) (FIPS 1-1), in situations which
require control functions and/or graphic symbuls that are not included in the
128 characters of ASCII, ranging from one such additional character up to
extensive families of control and graphic sets.
It. Associated Vollintary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3.4-1977, Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
ANSI X3.41-1974, Code Extension Techniques for Use with the 7-Bit Coded
Character Set of ASCII
ISO 646-1973, 7-Bit Coded Character Set for Information Processing Interchange
ISO 2022-1973, Code Extension Techniques for Use with the ISO 7-Bit Coded
Character Set
ISO 4873-1979, 8-Bit Coded Character Set for Information Interchange
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 1, Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
'6. Additional Information
FIPS PUB 35 (1975) indicated that NBS would maintain a registry of code
extensions used by Federal agencies. This provision will be dropped in
FIPS PUB 35-1, because extended codes for. control functions and for graphic
sets will be contained in anticipated future FIPS PUBS.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Coded Character Sets for Text Communications
2. Responsible Grau-o/Individual.
System Components Division/J. Little
3. Objectives and Benefits
This standard coded character set for text communication constitutes an
extension of ISO 646 (the basis for ASCII, FIPS 1--1) and applies to the
store-to-store communication of character-coded text in "page image format."
It encompasses all Latin-based languages and is open-ended to accommodate
the addition of more graphic characters, such as non-Latin alphabets,
symbols needed in office systems and newspapers, etc.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3L2 is contributing to ISO/TC97/SC2/wG4 which is developing ISO DP 6937.
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 1-1, Code for Information Interchange
FIPS PUB 35, Code Extension Techniques in 7 or 8 Bits
6. Additional Information
This standard will adopt ISO 6937, Coded Character Set for Text Communication,
being developed by ISO/TC97/SC2/WG4 in cooperation with CCITT groups developing
standards for Teletex, an 8-bit international communication code, and Videotex,
a 7-bit international code for interactive television.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standsrd.
Guideline on Audit and Control in Database Administration
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Application Systems Division/Alan Goldfine
3. Objectives and Benefits
Objective: Provide data administrators and database administrators with state-
of-the-art information for performing their prime tasks effectively.
Benefits: Reduction in risks of the U. S. Government in exposure to loss of
information, confidentiality and fraud in operation of data bases and other
information resources.
1.. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
Additional lnforration
This work is based exclusively on a contract to Mr. William Perry, a leading
expert in this field.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Data Translation Standard
2. Responsible Groun/Individual
Application Systems Division/D. Deutsch
Objectives and Benefits
Provide a data translation standard for file and database management environments.
Provide Federal Government users a better understanding of the special problems
involved in converting application systems containing a database management system.
Benefits competitive procurement and data transfer to support application portability
and conversion. Reduces labor costs associated with transfer of data on magnetic
tapes between dissimilar computing systems. Minimizes conversion and maintenance
costs for application systems containing database management software.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3L5 BSR X3.87 Draft Proposed American National Standard Specification for
an Information Interchange Data Descriptive File.
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS 79: Magnetic Tape Labels and File Structure for Information Interchange.
6. Additional Information
Objectives are strongly dependent on contract effort by University of Michigan.
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Data Dictionary Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Application Systems Division/ Pat Konig
3. Objectives and Benefits
Objective: Develop a Federal standard for a data dictionary/directory system
based on Federal requirements.
Benefit: Reduced risk of data inconsistencies and redundancies. Reduced data
collection and 4issemination load. Economy in database application systems
design and maintenance.
=i. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Under ANSI Committee X3H4 - Information Resource Dictionary System
Associated Federal Standards
Ongoing work in database management system standards and in data elements and
representations standards.
6. Additional information
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EEDE1I ADP STA ARID OR GUIDELUL DESC,R!PTIOLIN
1. Title of Standard
Performance Management Guidelines
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Applications Systems Division/D. Fife
3. Objectives and Benefits
To assist Federal agencies in the effective application of innovative tech-
nology. To provide Federal ADP managers with tools and techniques for tuning
and effectively utilizing database management systems, and for selecting from
among existing or new database management approaches for advanced office
automation and software management support systems. Benefits include
improved capability to use new DBMS technology and to economically apply
existing tools, and increased efficiency through the use of database
management techniques in advanced administrative systems.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
Performance management guidelines will address the potential anDlicability
of new technology and ADP performance innovations to Federal data management
problems.
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
3.
1..
5.
DBMS Software Family Standard
Res'oonsible Groan/T_ndividua1
Application Systems Division/D. Deutsch
Objectives and Benefits
To develop guidelines and standards for assisting Federal agencies in specifying,
evaluating, and applying data management systems. To establish an integrated and
comprehensive family of database management system standards based on ANSI results.
Benefits include increased portability for database management. soft,'yare and
economically apply DBMS technology.
Associated Vciuntarv Standards Efforts
CODASYL: COBOL ANSI: X3H2 - Data Definition Language
DDLC-Data Description Language X3J3 - FORTRAN
FORTRAN Database X3J4 - COBOL
X3/SPARC/DBSG - Database Study
Associated Federal Standa.-cs Group
X3/SPARC/OSI - Open System
FIPS.21-2: COBOL Programming Language (revised) Interchange
FIPS 69: FORTRAN Programming Language ISO: TC97/SC5 - Programming Language
6. Addit _or a1 T: ?e~^.ai on
In addition to the traditional functions
of database definition, data manipulation and
query processing, Federal DBMS standards should
address security and integrity features,
utilities, design aids, and operating
system interfaces.
TC97/SC5/DEG - Data Defi ni -i'on
Experts Group
TC97/SC5/WG3 - Database Manace-
ment Systems
IFIP:. TC 2.6 - Database Manace
ment
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Password Use Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Division/Dr. J.P. Riganati
Objectives and Benefits
To provide Federal agencies with a standard governing the selection,
distribution, and use of passwords, which are currently the most widely
employed method of controlling access to computer resources and computer
=network services. This will reduce the risk of misappropriation of these
resources by unauthorized individuals and will safeguard the data contained
in them.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
Personal Identification Device Standard
Data Encryption Standard (FIPS PUB 46)
6.
Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Computer Security Audit for Federal Managers
2. Responsible Oroun/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives Lnd Benefits
To specify a practical approach for performing computer security audits by the
general auditor with some EDP responsibilities; to guide the general auditor
on how to gather and determine the audit significance of audit evidence'on
computerized applications. Benefits include enabling the general Federal
auditor to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of security controls over
vulnerabilities and the identification of situations in which an EDP audit
specialist is needed.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
!j. Associated Federal Standards
None.
~. Additional I^_for.etion
The previously planned Guideline on Computer Security Audit (FY 81) has been
separated into two guidelines to provide appropriate guidance to two different
types of Federal auditors: the general auditor and the EDP specialist auditor.
An Executive Guide on Security Audit, which is intended for high-level Federal
managers, has been added to the development plan.
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
L. Title of Standard
Guideline on Computer Security Audit for the EDP Auditor
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3, Ob,ie_ctives and Benefits
To specify a state-of-the-art approach for performing computer security audits
by the EDP audit specialist; such audits would apply to applications, systems,
and installations. Benefits include the evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness
of security controls over vulnerabilities and the identification of additional
controls required to provide acceptable levels of security.
b. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5.
Associated Federal Standards
Additional Inforn.at icn
The previously planned Guideline on Computer Security Audit (FY 81) has been
separated into two guidelines to provide appropriate guidance to two different
types of Federal auditors: the general auditor and the EDP audit specialist.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Risk Analysis Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Ob,lectives and Benefits
To identify mandatory elements and factors that must be present in risk
analysis methodologies to be used by Federal agencies. Benefits include
assurance of the reliability and validity of risk analysis results for
those methodologies that meet the standard.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
Contingency Planning Standard
~5. Additional Information
An executive guide on risk analysis, which is intended for high-level managers,
was added to the development plan.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
I. Title of Standard
Contingency Planning Standard .
2. Responsible Grour/Individual
uperations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives and Benefits
To specify key areas for consideration in contingency planning, to provide
specific criteria for agencies to use in determining the extent and degree
of contingency planning, and to specify requirements for implementing and
maintaining documented plans in a state of readiness. Benefits to be derived
from this standard include assurance of the integrity of data processed by
Federal agencies and of the continuity of critical functions of an agency's
missions.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
Risk Analysis Standard
6. Additional Information
An executive guide on contingency planning, which is intended for high-level
managers, was added to the development plan.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard.
Guideline on Security Certification
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. 0b1ectives and Benefits
To provide guidance on methods for measuring the level of security of an
application, system, and installation; to relate this information to guidance
on certifying the security of an application, A system, and an installation.
Benefits include enabling managers to determine conditions under which their
security requirements are being met.
it. Associated Voluntary Standards Rfrorts
5.
Associated Federal Standards
None
Additic a' Inforpa' ion
The first phase in developing this guideline has been the performance of a
technology assessment on methods for measuring the level of security of
an application, a system, and an installation.
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline for Developing a Computer Security Program
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering 'Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives and Benefits
To define a framework and identify steps agencies should take in planning and
developing a computer security plan. This guideline will assist agencies in
developing a cost-effective and comprehensive security program.
5.
. Associated. 7ederal Ssnda.~
None
6. Additional "'"for
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
I. Title of Standard
User Authorization Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives and Benefits
To specify a set of access techniques for controlling access to, and use of,
computer systems and networks, including physical security devices, secure
programming techniques, hardware/software access controls, and personal
identification systems. Benefits to be derived from this standard include
reduced potential for fraud, improved personal accountability and improved
data confidentiality and system availability.
~. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
None
6. Additional Information
A major portion of this plan is supported by contracting. To date, the
contractor has delivered a draft technology assessment report and a draft
guideline. Additional contractor-developed deliverables include a standard
impact analysis and applicability study and the development of the standard.
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Family of Standards
'FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Encryption Integration Standard
2. Responsible GrouD/Individual
Operations Engineering 'Division/D. Branstad
3. Objectives and Benefits
To provide specifications for the integration of the Data Encryption Standard
(DES) into multi-computer systems, including personal authentication of users,
management of encryption keys, and compatible encryption of data communications
and storage. Benefits include improved security for computer data during
communication and in storage, reduced costs for the procurement and use of
integrated encryption systems, and systems compatibility as implemented by
different vendors.
4.
Voluntary Standards Efforts
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has a technical committee
on Data Encryption (X3T1) which has proposed three standards development
projects, and which parallel with the planned Federal Information
Processing Standard.
5. Associated Federal Standards
Data Encryption Standard (FIPS PUB 46)
DES Modes of Operation Standard (FIPS PUB 81)
6. Additional Information
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
L. Title of Standard
Personal Identification Device Standard
2. Responsible Group/Individual
System Components Di'vision/Dr. J.P. Riganati
3. Objectives and Benefits
To provide Federal agencies with a standard governing the evaluation, selection
and use of personal identification techniques and devices in order to control
access to computer resources and computer network services. This will reduce
the-risk of misappropriation of these resources by unauthorized individuals
and will safeguard the data contained in them.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ASTM F-12 Security Systems and Equipment
Associated Federal Standards
Data Encryption Standard (FIPS PUB 46)
Password Use Standard
b. Additional Information
None
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
I. Title of Standard
Guideline for Determining Security Requirements
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives and Benefits
To specify procedures for translating legislative requirements (e.g., Privacy
Act), OMB directives (e.g., A-71, TM-1), administrative requirements, and
system requirements into specific security requirements that must be satisfied
by a computer application, system or installation. This guideline will assist
in defining security requirements that reduce vulnerabilities and risks to
an acceptable level.
4. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
S. Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Physical Security
2. Responsible Grouv/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives and Benefits
To provide guidance to Federal agencies in analyzing their requirements for
the protection of data and processing facilities from physical damage caused
by vulnerabilities to events such as natural disasters, failure of supporting
utilities, unauthorized access, water damage, and fire. Benefits to be
derived include improved data integrity, system. availability, data confidentiality
and cost-effective selection of physical, software and hardware controls.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Star.3ards
6. Additional Information
None
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR'GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline an Fundamental Security Requirements of Operating Systems
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives and Benefits
To specify the basic security functions and controls that operating systems
should have, and to relate these functions and controls to the degree of
security that operating systems can provide to computer applications. Benefits
to be derived include improving agencies' ability to evaluate and select
operating system architectures that best meet their security requirements
and policy.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
g. Associated Fec.eral Standards
None
6. Additional Inforyation
None
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Security Variance Detection
2. Responsible Grouz?/Individual.
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives and Benefits
To specify procedures and controls that allow management to detect and react
to activities that it has determined may constitute hazards and unacceptable
risks. Benefits to be derived include improved detection of fraud, embezzlement
and other misuse of the system and its data by authorized users of the system
as well as detection of undesirable modification or disclosure of information
that remains hidden from management review.
1i. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Associated Federal Standards
6. Additional Information
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard.
Trusted Software Standards
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/S. Katzke
3. Objectives and Benefits
To specify the performance requirements of a secure operating system plus the
administrative procedural and physical environments in which it has to be
embedded. Additional objectives include identifying the procedures necessary
to develop security kernels and to evaluate cor:nercially available trusted
software systems. Benefits include providing agencies the capability of higher
degrees of protection for critical applications than would otherwise be possible
with other techniques.
It. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5.
6. Additional TnforY.atioct
This standard will be initiated when adequate technology and validation
techniques for trusted operating systems has been developed through the
DoD Computer Security Initiative Program.
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
Title of Standard
Guideline on Establish?ng, Measuring, and Controlling User Service
Responsible Groun/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
Objectives ^_nd Benefits
To provide agencies with best-practice guidance on techniques for insuring
effective installation performance - i.e., that service to end users is
properly established, measured, and controlled. Benefits include the
increased effectiveness of Federal ADP installations.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5?
Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUS 49 Guideline on Computer Performance Manager,ent: An Introduction
Standard Performance Measures
~. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Forecasting Workload and Service
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
3. Objectives and Benefits
To establish best-practice guidance on procedures for forecasting future
agency processing and service requirements. Benefits include more
accurate agency workload forecasts, which result in more cost-effective
acquisition and planning choices.
4+. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
Guideline on Establishing, Measuring, and Controlling User Service
Guideline on Estimating Computer System Capacity
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
:1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Workload Management
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
3. Objectives and Benefits
To develop a best-practice guideline on techniques useful to ADP managers for
influencing or controlling the efficiency of the users' workload. Increases in
total data center efficiency result from increasing the efficiency of the
hardware and increasing the efficiency of the workload. Benefits derived from
this guideline will allow the ADP manager to influence efficiencies in the latter,
thereby increasing total data center efficiency.
1. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 49 Guideline on Computer Performance Management: An Introduction
o. Additional Information
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1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Measuring and Controlling ADP Resources
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
3. Objectives and Benefits
To develop a guideline for use by ADP installation managers describing
best-practice techniques and procedures for measuring and controlling
levels of resource usage. Benefits will include better control over ADP
resources, thereby resulting in more cost-effective operations.
Family of Standards
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Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
System Selection and Evaluation
Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 49 Guideline on Computer Performance Managemcnt: An Introduction
6. Additional Information
None
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
Title of Standard
2.
3 .
Guideline on Cost Accounting and Chargeback
Responsible-Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
Objectives rind Benefits
To develop best-practice guidance for agencies to fully account for and recover
costs for ADP resources. Benefits include more equitable charges to users,
increased awareness of ADP-related costs, and the estabiishment of mechanisms
for influencing user behavior.
1h. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Associated Federal Standards
5. Additional Information
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Standard Performance Measures
2. Resuonsible Groum/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
3. Objectives and Benefits
To establish a minimal set of performance measurement capabilities on vendor
systems acquired by Federal agencies. Benefits will include improved management
and control of ADP resources, better service to end users, increased resource
capacity and productivity, extended life of installed systems, and more
responsive equipment. procurements.
Z.. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated
FIPS PUB 49
Guideline on
Guideline on
Guideline on
Guideline on
6. Additional
None
Federal Standards
Guideline on Computer Performance Management: An Introduction
Establishing, Measuring, and Controlling User Service
Cost Accounting and Chargeback
Forecasting Workload and Service
Estimating Computer System Capacity
Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Acquiring Computer Services
e Groin/Individual
4.
5.
5.
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
Objectives and Benefits
To develop best-practice guidance to agencies on techniques and procedures for
selecting alternative sources of outside computer services. A study will first
be conducted to determine the validity and limits of use of benchmarks in
evaluating the processing costs of commercial service bureaus. Benefits
include more cost-effective and timely acquisitions of commercial computer
services.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
Associated. Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 42-1 Guideline for Benchmarking ADP Systems in the Competitive
Procurement Environment
Guideline on Monitoring the Performance and Costs of Acquired Computer Services
Additional Infcrnation
None
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Measuring and Controlling System Reliability
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
3. Objectives and Benefits
To develop a guideline describing best-practice techniques for measuring
and controlling total system reliability - i.e., the hardware and
operating system. Benefits to the ADP manager include better control
over total system reliability, which directly affects the degree of
service provided to the users.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 49 Guideline on Computer Performance Management: An Introduction
6. Additional Information
None
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
Title of Standard
Guideline on Estimating Computer System Capacity
Responsible Grout/Individual
Operations Engineering?Division/D. Conti
3'. Objectives and Benefits
To develop best-practice procedures for determining the saturation point of
in-house, agency computer systems. Benefits include more timely and cost-
effective system acquisitions, and better management and planning of ADP
resources.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
Guideline on Forecasting Workload and Service
6. Additional Information
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. "Title of Standard
Common Benchmark Library
2. Responsible Grou-o/Individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
3. Objectives and Benefits
To determine the feasibility, and, if appropriate, to develop a common library
of benchmark programs. Feasibility will be determined after a prototype
library is developed and agency use of it is monitored. Benefits include
reduced benchmark construction casts on the part of agencies, more accurate
agency benchmarks (which result in more optimal system acquisitions), more
timely agency procurements, and reduced vendor benchmark costs.
~+. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated 'FeEersl Standards
FIPS PUB 42-1 Guidelines for Benchmarking ADP Systems in the Competitive
Procurement Environment
Guideline on Constructing Benchmarks for ADP System Acquisitions
FIPS PUB 75 Guideline on Constructing Benchmarks for ADP System Acquisitions
6. Addition-al Information
None
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FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on monitoring the Performance and Costs o; Acquired Computer Services
Y
2. Responsible Gro,-,nll-ndivi dual
Operations Engineering -Division/D. Conti
3. .0blectives and Benefits
To provide best-practice guidance to agencies on procedures for ensuring that
the cost and functional levels of service of acquired computer services remain
constant. Benefits include improved monitoring of contractual, service
obligations, and reduced risks of cost increases during the life of a computer
service contract.
None
5.
Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 42-1 Guidelines for Benchmarking ADP Systems in the Competitive
Procurement Environment
Guideline on Acquiring Computer Services
6. Additional Infornat; on
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System Selection and Evaluation
Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Conducting Installation Performance Audits
2. Responsible-Group/individual
Operations Engineering Division/D. Conti
3. Objectives and Benefits
To develop a guideline describing best-practice techniques for auditing the
performance of a computer installation. The guideline will be directed to the
auditor, external to the installation, who must independently assess the
installation's,performance. Benefits include better and more thorough audits
of installation performance than have been performed in the past.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUB 49 Guideline on Computer Performance Management: An Introduction
6. Additional Information
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System Selection and Evaluation
Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
3. Title of Standard
Guideline on Evaluating System Alternatives
3. Responsible Groun/Individual
Operations Engineering ,Division/D. Conti
3~. Ob,iectives ;!r.d Benefits
To develop a guideline which describes best-practice techniques and procedures
for determining the best alternatives for increasing system capacity (ranging
from system tuning to system upgrade). Benefits include better planning on the
part of ADP managers and more cost-effective solutions to obtaining increased
capacity.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
Guideline on Estimating Computer System Capacity
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a. Additional Information
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DATA ELEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS
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Fancily of Stand res
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty and Their Principal
Administrative Subdivisions
Responsible Grou'o/Individual
Application Systems Division/J. Walkowicz
3'. Objectives and Benefits
Objectives: To achieve a government-wide standard code for foreign
countries and their subdivisions.
Benefits: This standard will improve the interchange of automated data
about foreign countries among the various Federal groups concerned with
such. matters.
k. Associated-Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS?PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 5-4, 9, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
6. Additional T'n-formation
This publication wii1 revise FIPS PUB 10-2 and FIPS PUB 5-1 and extend their
coverages considerably into greater depth and detail.
Dept. of State Office of the Geographer will serve as maintenance agent.
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Identification of Federal, Federally-Assisted and Selected
Other Organizations.
2. Responsible Group/Individual
Application Systems Division/ R. Saltman
3. Objectives and 3enefits
Objectives: To develop a single government-wide code for identifying
Federal and related organizations for automated interchange.
Benefits: Enables users of data concerned with activities, expenditures
and resources of Federal agencies to interchange data about Federal agencies
with a minimum of difficulty. Effectively increases size of data base
available to users of such data.
4. Associated Voluntarti Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS- PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 9, 10-2, 55, 66,. 70
6. Additional Infor=atfon
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Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
Title of Standard
Standard Occupational Classification Codes
Group/Individual
Application Systems Division/J. Walkowicz
3. Objectives and Benefits
Objective: To provide for the maximum utilization of the data resources of
the Federal Government and the avoidance of unnecessary duplications and
incompatibilities in the collection, processing, and dissemination of data.
Benefits: To improve the potential for new uses of data already collected by
providing for uniform data elements in each data base.
I. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Associated Federal Standards
This.list of occupations and associated codes is already a Federal statistical
standard approved by the Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards.
The adoption of this standard as a.FIPS is a necessary process of coordination
to assure Government-wide uniformity.
Additional Inform ti.on
The Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards will serve as the
maintenance agent.
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Family of Stands-rds
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Water Bodies of the World
2. Responsible Group/Tnd.ividual
Application Systems Division/ J. Walkowicz
3. Objectives and Benefits
Objective: To provide a Government-wide standard code for water bodies
of the world.
Benefit: Enables users of data concerned with water bodies to more easily
interchange data, and extends the data bases associated with this data
element to all users.
1. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3L9/207 (proposed standard)
5. Associated 'Federal Standards
DOD Standard WA-SA
DIA Standard STIDE00184
FIPS Standards 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 9, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
6. Additional Infor_atic_
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Data Elements and Representations
Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Guideline on Alphanumeric Sequencing of Geographic Names
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2. Responsible Group/Individual
Application Systems Division/ R. Saitman
3. Ob,lectives and Benefits
Objective: To promulgate a government-wide standard method for alphabetizing
geographic names containing numbers, abbreviations, and special forms.
Benefit: Implementation of the standard will enable users of geographic
files to more easily match one file against others because the files will be
sequenced in similar order. This increases the availability of more data
bases to users of geographic data.
Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5.
d Federal Standards
FIPS. PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 9, 10-2, 55, 66, 70.
6. Additional information
Geological Survey, U. S. Bd. on Geo. Names and Bu. Census are cooperating
in this effort.
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Fa=i3y of Strand . ds
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Named Populated Places and Related Entities of the United States
(now FIPS 55 Guideline).
2. Responsible Grou-D/Individual
Application Systems Division/H. Tom
3. Objectives and Benefits
Objective: To assign a numerical code to all identified populated places
and to certain related entities in order to provide a uniform geographical
identification system used throughout the Federal Government.
Benefit: To enable users of geographic data to more easily communicate
among themselves in an automated form, and to make available to all users
data bases that are geographically addressed.
~:. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
ANSI X3.47-1977
~. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 9, 10-2, 66, 70
6. Additional 'nfcr=at;on
This effort will convert this publication, now a guideline, to a standard.
This effort will also extend ;.overage to all U. S. territory and add SMSA
and Congressional-District.
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Fs ly of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
3.
Title of Standarc.
Products and Services in Federal Procurement
Responsible Groum Individual
Application Systems Division/J. Walkowicz
I
Objectives and Eenefits
Objective: To develop a standard coding
purchased by the Federal Government.
scheme for products and services
Benefit: This will enable cross-checks to be more easily made to compare
prices of goods and services purchased by different agencies at different
times from different vendors. Analysis of this data should result in
better procurement decisions.
~. Associated 'Volunta
5.
Standards Efforts
FIPS'PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
6. Additional Information
Federal Procurement Data Center is lead agency.
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Data Elements and Representations
Family of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
FIPS 8-5: Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Revision)
2. Responsible Groum/Individual
Application Systems Division/ H. Tom
3. Objectives and Benefits
Objective: To promulgate the government-wide standard codes for SMSA's.
Benefit: Enables users of U. S. Bureau of the Census statistical data
concerning SMSA to easily identify SMSA in computerized form.
Improves ability to interchange data about SMSA's.
4:. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 9, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
6. Additional Information
Revision of FIPS 8-4 following 1980 Census.
Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards is lead agency.
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Data Elements and Representations
Family of StaueiLL:?W
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
2.
3.
Fields of Research
Res op nsibl.e Groin/Irdicidiucl
.Appication Systems Division/R. Saltman
Oblectives and Benefits
Objective: To develop a government-wide coding scheme to identify
fields- of research.
Benefit: Has value in the analysis of grants and contracts for identifying
funds going to particular fields and in the analysis of numbers of-trained
persons to identify surplus or deficiencies of manpower.
1t. Associated Vcluntarz? Standar4s Efforts
Associated Federal S t?ndard.
FIPS PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
6. Additio^a T^fcr a -
NSF is lead agency
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Famj-~ of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Population Group Designation
2. ResDonsi'ble Group/Individual
Application Systems Division/R. Saitman
3. Objectives and Benefits
Objective: To develop the data set and the coding scheme for race, ethnic
group and national origin necessary to meet requirements of law and regulation.
Benefits: A more accurate identification than has been possible heretofore
with increased interchange of data.
k. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
None
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS'PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 9, 10-2, 55, 66 , 70
6. Additional T_-formation
Other agencies must be brought into development program, including
DOD, OPM, E=OC, CRC, etc.
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Fe 1.1,v of S c darc.s
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard.
Educational Level
2.r Responsible Groun/Indiviaual
Application Systems Division/R. Saltman
J
S..
Objective: To develop a standard coding Scheme for level of education
achieved.
Benefit: This has high applicability to statistics concerned with
correlation of educational level with other human factors and attributes.
Obj ect i,ves and
k. - Associated Voluntary Standards
In professional field of education.
5.
FIPS.PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
Associated ?eae='al
Adze.' o* a' for~.at o.^.
Lead agencies are DoEd., OPM and NISF
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Data Elements any' Peoresentations
F=Uy of Stiiudards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
I. Title of Standard
Named Populated Paces and Related Entities of Selected Other Countries
2. Responsible Grccro/Individual
.Application Systems Division/H. Tom
3. Objectives and Benefits
Objective: To develop a coding scheme for useful worldwide locations to
extend FIPS 55 capability.
Benefit: To extend FIPS 55 benefits to worldwide locations.
~. Associated.Volt:nta y Standards Efforts
ANSI X3.47-1977
S. Associated. Feaera . Standards
FIPS. PUBS 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
6. Additional '^"c -stion
This expands FIP_ 55 to selected worldwide coverage.
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Data Elements and Renresentations
Family of Stands
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
Standard .
Earth Science Program Standards
2. Responsible Grou-D vi dual
Application Systems ..Division/ R. Saltman
Objectives and Benefits
Objective: To put into FIPS system earth science program
standards recommended by lead agency USGS.
Benefit: To increase capabilities for automated interchange
of data used in the earth sciences. Extends range of data bases
available to users of earth science data.
Associated Yoi-untarv Standards Efforts
Not identifiable at this time.
5. - Associated ?edera' Standards
FIPS PUBS 5-1, 6-2, 8-4, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
6. Additional lnfcr-atic
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Data Elements and Representations
k'umily of Standards
FEDERAL ADP STANDARD OR GUIDELINE DESCRIPTION
1. Title of Standard
Transportation Program Standards
2. Responsible Grouv/Individual
Application Systems Division /R. Saltman
3. Ob 1 ect ives and Benefits
Objective: To put into FIPS system transportation program
standards recommended by lead agency DOT.
Benefit: To increase capabilities for automated information interchange
in transportation programs. Extends range of data bases available
to users of transportation data.
b. Associated Voluntary Standards Efforts
Cannot be specifically identified at this time.
5. Associated Federal Standards
FIPS PUBS 5-1, 6-2, 8-4, 9, 10-2, 55, 66, 70
6. Additional Information
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