”Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS)”. 2 september 2008. Arkiverad från originalet den 8 oktober 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101008184212/http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/geninfo.htm. Läst 29 september 2010. ”Under the Information Technology Management Reform Act (Public Law 104-106), the Secretary of Commerce approves standards and guidelines that are developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for Federal computer systems. These standards and guidelines are issued by NIST as Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for use government-wide. NIST develops FIPS when there are compelling Federal government requirements such as for security and interoperability and there are no acceptable industry standards or solutions.”
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”Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS)”. 2 september 2008. Arkiverad från originalet den 8 oktober 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101008184212/http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/geninfo.htm. Läst 29 september 2010. ”Under the Information Technology Management Reform Act (Public Law 104-106), the Secretary of Commerce approves standards and guidelines that are developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for Federal computer systems. These standards and guidelines are issued by NIST as Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for use government-wide. NIST develops FIPS when there are compelling Federal government requirements such as for security and interoperability and there are no acceptable industry standards or solutions.”