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B-198809,B-199575 1 (1980-10-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjwp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * t- L GAO United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply Refer to: B-198809 B-199575 October 9, 1980 Philip G. Read Director, Federal Procurement Regulations Directorate General Services Administration Dear Mr. Read: F A You have requested our omments on A/ proposed amend- ment to Subchapter F of the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) (Part 101-36). The proposed amendment provides for standard terminology to be used in solici- tation documents regarding the application of Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS PUB) 71 and Federal Standard (FED-STD) 1003. We are opposed to the amendment. Under the terms of the proposed amendment, the pro- cedures specified by FIPS PUB 71 or FED-STD 1003 are required to be used in the design and procurement of all data communications and automatic data processing (ADP) systems, equipment and services using bit-oriented syn- chronous data link control procedures or employed in computer networking or teleprocessing environments using bit-oriented data communications. '11hen an agency deter- mines that interoperability with Nlational Comunications System (tICS) facilities is required, FED-STD 1Q03 estab- lished by the General Services Administration (GSA) is applicable. When no requirement for interoperation with NCS facilities exists, FIPS PUB 71 established by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) is applicable. We believe that there should be one uniform standard for Advance Data Communication Control Procedures (ADCCP). Although both FIPS PUB 71 and FED-STD 1C03 adopt, in part, the American National Standards Institute's standard for ADCCP (X3.66-1979), there are significant differences between FIPS PUB 71 and FED-STD 1003. Accordingly, we *1

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