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FIPS PUB 12-2 Supersedes FIPS PUB 12·1 1972 July 1 FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS PUBLICATION 1974 DECEMBER 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMM~RCE / National Bureau of Standards Foreword The Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series of the National Bureau of Standards is the official publication relating to standards adopted and promulgated under the provisions of Public Law 89-306, and under Part 6 of Title 15 Code of Federal Regulations. The entire series constitutes the FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS REGISTER. The series is used to announce Federal Information Processing Standards, and to provide standards information of general interest and an index of relevant standards publications and specifications. Publications that announce adoption of standards provide the necessary policy, ad ministrative, and guidance information for effective standards imple mentation and use. The technical specifications of the standard are usually attaqhed to the publication, otherwise a reference source is cited. Comments covering Federal Information Processing Standards and Publications are welcomed, and should be addressed to the Associate Director for ADP Standards, Institute for Computer Sciences and Tech nology, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234. Such comments will be either considered by NBS or forwarded to the responsible activity as appropriate. RICHARD W. ROBERTS, Director Abstra~t This publication provides material concerning standardization activities in the area of information processing at the Federal, National, and International levels .. Also included are related policy and procedural guideline documents. A list of Federal Government participants involved in the development of Federal Information Processing Standards is provided. This FIPS PUB is revised and updated annually . Key words: American National Standards; computers; data elements and codes; data processing systems; Federal Information Processing Standards; management informa tion systems; International Organization for Standardization; standards; U.S. Government. Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Fed. Info. Process. Stand. Publ. (FIPS PUB) 12-2, 195 pages, (1974) CODEN: FIPPAT For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Goyernment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Order by SD Catalog No. C 13.52 :12-2). Subscription 8erYice is a180 available for all new FIPS publications and supplements for an indefinite period. This issue $ 2.80. FIPS PUB 12-2 Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 12-2 FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS INDEX 1974 December 1 Federal Information Pr<>eessing Standards Publications are issued by the National Bureau of Standards pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act .of 1949 as amended, Public Law 89-306 (79 Stat 1127), and as implemented by Executive Order 11717 (38 FR 12315, dated May 11, 1973), and Part 6 of Title 15 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations). Contents Page 1. INTRODUCTION "'"'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''' 3 2. FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS (FIPS) PUBLICATIONS ......... 5 2.1. List of Publications in the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series ...... .. 5 2.1.1. General Publicatiol)s .............................................................................................. '" ........................ 5 2.1.2. Hardware Standards ............... "'''''''''' ............................................ "" ............................................... 6 2.1.2.1. Codes and M~.~Ja ..... .. ......................................................................................... .. 6 2.1.2.2. Transmission .................................................................................. , ..................................... .. 8 2.1.3. Software Standards ............................................................................................................................ 10 _ 2.1.3.1. Documentation ........................................................... " .... .. 10 2,.1.3.2. Pr~g;·;;;~i~·~Languages ........................................ .......................... 11 11 ~:~::: ~~; ~~:r:~~::s ~.~~~.~.~~~~~.~~~.~.~.~ .. ~~.]d . C~d~~~. .. ...... .... .... " ................................... :.......... ::::::.::::::::::::::: 13 2.1.5.1. Computer Security.. ... ....... .. ... .. .... " .............................................. .. 13 2.2. Index of Proposed Federal Information Pr cessing Standards and Related Documents Pub- lished in the FEDERAL REGISTER ..... ! ............. "" .............................................................. .. 14 3. CROSS INDEX OF INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR IN- FORMATION PROCESSING ..... .. .......................................................................................................... .. 15 4. FEDERAL POLICY AND PROCEDURAL GUIDELINE DOCUMENTS ...... 20 4.1 Public Law 89-306 (Brooks Bill), dated October 30, 1965 ............................ 20 4.1.1. Memorandum for the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Presidential Letter dated April 30, 1971 ........................................................................................................................ 21 4.2. Policy Guidance to the Department of Commerce (National Bureau of Standards) in the Im- plementation of P.L. 89-306, OMB Letter dated December 15, 1966 ............................................ 22 4.3. Policy G~idance to the General Services Administration in the Implementation of P.L. 89-306, OMB Letter dated May 4, 1966 . ....................................................................... "................. 28 4.4. Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Agencies, Presidential Letter dated June 28, 1966 32 4.5. Executive Order 11717, Transferring Certain Functions From the Office of Management and Budget to the General Services Administration and the Department of Commerce, dated May 9, 1973 ... ........................ ........................................ .. ..... "........................................................... 34 4.6. Memor'andum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Establishments on Standardization of Data Elements ~nd Codes in Data Systems, dated August 29, 1973 (Recission of OMB Circular A-86).. ............................................ .... ............ .............................................................. 35 4.7. Standardization of Data Elements and Representations, Part 6 of Title 15 CFR (Code of Fed- eral Regulations) ........................... ................................................. 35 4.8. Terms of Reference for the Federal Telecommunication Standards Committee and its Tech- nical Subcommittees 45 1 FIPS PUB 12·2 Page 4.9. Federal Standards for Which the National Bureau of Standards and the National Communi- cations System are Jointly Responsible ............................................................ 48 4.10. Bulletin No. 74-4, Transferring Circular responsibility to the General Services Administration (August 31, 1973) ......................................... ....................... ................. ............................ 53 4.11. OMB Circular A-63, Advisory Committee Management, dated March 27, 1974 ... ................... 54 4.12. OMB Circular A-71, Responsibilities for the Administration and Management of Automatic Data Processing Activities (March 6, 1965) ................................................. 60 4.13. ADP Management Information System (ADP/MIS), Part 281 of Title 34 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) (FMC 74-2) ..... ........ ................................................... 64 4.14. Federal Property Management Regulations Relating to FIPS PUBS, Part 101 of Title 41 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) ................ ........................... 68 4.15. Federal Information Processing Standards Coordinating and Advisory Committee (FIPSCAC) 76 5. STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES 77 5.1. Federal Government ............................................ 77 5.1.1. Interagency Committee on ADP (IAC/ADP) ....................................... 77 5;1.2. Federal Information Processing Standards Coordinating and Advisory Committee (FIPSCAC) ............ ... ................. ............................... 78 5.1.3. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Task Groups 79 5.1.4. Federal Program Standards Groups for Data Elements and Codes 89 5.1.4.1. Federal Telecommunications Programs Standards Committee 89 5.1.4.2. Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee (FTSC) ... 89 5.1.5. Agency Point3 of Contact for Federal Information Processing Standards, other than Data Elements and Codes (FIPS Contacts) ... ..................................... 90 5.1.6. Points of Contact for Data Sandards ..................................... 94 5.2. American National Standards Institute ............................ 99 5.2.1. Information Systems Technical Advisory Board (ISTAB) ................... 101 5.2.2. American National Standards Committee X3 ..... ....................................... 101 5.2.2.1 Listing of Committee X3 Organizations ... ........................................... 104 5.2.2.2. Scopes, Programs of Work, and Federal Participants of ANSI X3 Committees 105 5.2.2.3. Status of X3 American National Standards Published or Under Development. 125 5.2.3. American National Standards Committee X4~ ............................................................................. 130 5.2.3.1. Committee X4 Organizations and F deral Participants