FIPS PUB 119-1

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

*) Technology Administration

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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FIPS PUB 119-1

FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS PUBLICATION

(Supersedes FIPS PUB 119—1985 November 8)

Ada

Category: Software Standard Subcategory: Progamming Language

1995 MARCH 13

468

. A8A3

NO.119-1

1995

FIPS PUB 119-1

FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS PUBLICATION

(Supersedes FIPS PUB 119—1985 November 8)

Ada

Category: Software Standard Subcategory: Programming Language

Computer Systems Laboratory

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001

Issued March 13, 1995

U.S. Department of Commerce

Ronald H. Brown, Secretary

Technology Administration

Mary L. Good, Under Secretary for Technology

National Institute of Standards

and Technology

Arati Prabhakar, Director
Foreword

The Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series of the National

Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the official publication relating to

standards and guidelines adopted and promulgated under the provisions of Section

111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by

the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. These mandates have given the

Secretary of Commerce and NIST important responsibilities for improving the utilization

and management of computer and related telecommunications systems in the Federal

Government. The NIST, through its Computer Systems Laboratory, provides leadership,

technical guidance, and coordination of Government efforts in the development of stan¬

dards and guidelines in these areas.

Comments concerning Federal Information Processing Standards Publications are

welcomed and should be addressed to the Director, Computer Systems Laboratory,

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

James H. Burrows, Director

Computer Systems Laboratory

Abstract

This publication is a revision of FIPS PUB 119 and supersedes that document in its

entirety. This publication announces the adoption of American National Standard and the

International Organization for Standardization Reference Manual for the Ada Program¬

ming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC 8652:1995, as a Federal Information Processing Stan¬

dard (FIPS). American National Standard and the International Organization for Stan¬

dardization Reference Manual for the Ada Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC

8652:1995, specifies the form and meaning of programs written in Ada. The purpose of

the standard is to promote portability of Ada programs for use on a variety of data

processing systems. The standard is for use by implementors as the reference authority

in developing compilers, interpreters, or other forms of high level language processors;

and by other computer professionals who need to know the precise syntactic and seman¬

tic rules of the standard.

Key words: Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS); Ada; Ada Joint Program

Office; programming language standards; software; standards conformance.

National Institute of Standards

and Technology

U.S. Government Printing Office

Washington: 1995

For sale by the National

Technical Information

Service

U.S. Department of Commerce

Springfield, VA 22161

FIPS PUB 119-1

8 pages (Mar. 13, 1995)

CODEN: FIPPAT
FIPS PUB 119-1

Federal Information

Processing Standards Publication 119-1

1995 March 13

Announcing the Standard for

Ada

Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services

Act of 1949 as amended by the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235.

1. Name of Standard. Ada (FIPS PUB 119-1).

2. Category of Standard. Software Standard, Programming Language.

3. Explanation. This publication is a revision of FIPS PUB 119 and supersedes that document in its

entirety.

This publication announces the adoption of American National Standard and the International Organiza¬

tion for Standardization Reference Manual for the Ada Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC 8652:1995,

as a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). American National Standard and the International

Organization for Standardization Reference Manual for the Ada Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC

8652:1995, specifies the form and meaning of programs written in Ada. The purpose of the standard is to

promote portability of Ada programs for use on a variety of data processing systems. The standard is for use

by implementors as the reference authority in developing compilers, interpreters, or other forms of high level

language processors; and by other computer professionals who need to know the precise syntactic and

semantic rules of the standard.

4. Approving Authority. Secretary of Commerce.

5. Maintenance Agency. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST), Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL).

6. Cross Index.. American National Standard and the International Organization for Standardization

Reference Manual for the Ada Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC 8652:1995.

7. Related Documents.

a. Federal ADP and Telecommunications Standards Index, U.S. General Services Administration,

Information Resources Management Service, April 1994 (updated periodically).

b. Federal Information Resources Management Regulations (FIRMR) subpart 201.20.303, Standards,

and subpart 201.39.1002, Federal Standards.

c. FIPS PUB 29-3, Interpretation Procedures for FIPS Software, 29 October 1992.

d. NBS Special Publication 500-117, Selection and Use of General-Purpose Programming Languages.

e. NIST, Validated Products List, (republished quarterly). Available by subscription from the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS).

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FIPS PUB 119-1

f. ISO 6429: 1992(E)—Information Technology—Control Functions for Coded Character Sets.

g. ISO 646 Information Processing—7-bit Single-Byte Coded Character Set.

h. ISO 8859-1:1987(E)—Information Processing—8 bit Single-Byte Coded Character Sets—Part 1:

Latin Alphabet No. 1.

i. ISO 10646-1:1993 Information Technology—Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)—

Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane.

8. Objectives. Federal standards for high level programming languages permit Federal departments and

agencies to exercise more effective control over the production, management, and use of the Government’s

information resources. The primary objectives of Federal programming language standards are:

- to encourage more effective utilization and management of programmers by insuring that program¬

ming skills acquired on one job are transportable to other jobs, thereby reducing the cost of pro¬

grammer re-training;

- to reduce the cost of program development by achieving the increased programmer productivity that

is inherent in the use of high level programming languages;

- to reduce the overall software costs by making it easier and less expensive to maintain programs and

to transfer programs among different computer systems, including replacement systems;

- to protect the existing software assets of the Federal Government by insuring to the maximal feasible

extent that Federal programming language standards are technically sound and that subsequent

revisions are compatible with the installed base.

Governmentwide attainment of the above objectives depends upon the widespread availability and use of

comprehensive and precise standard language specifications.

9. Applicability.

a. Federal standards for high level programming languages should be used for computer applications

that are either developed or acquired for government use. FIPS Ada is one of the high level programming

language standards provided for use by all Federal departments and agencies. FIPS Ada is suitable for use

in programming and any applications for which there is no specific language available specifically targeted

to that application.

b. The use of FIPS Ada is recommended for the following applications and situations:

- those involving control of real-time or parallel processes.

- very large systems.

- systems with requirements for very high reliability.

- systems which are to be developed with reusable software packages.

- when it is anticipated that the life of an application will be longer than the life of the presently utilized

equipment.

- the application or program is under constant review for updating of the specifications, and changes

may result frequently.

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FIPS PUB 119-1

- the application is being designed and programmed centrally for a decentralized system that employs

computers of different makes, models and configurations.

- the program will or might be run on equipment other than that for which the program is initially written.

- the program is to be understood and maintained by programmers other than the original ones.

- the advantages of improved program design, debugging, documentation and intelligibility can be

obtained through the use of this high level language.

- the program is or is likely to be used by organizations outside the Federal Government (i.e., State and

local governments, and others).

10. Specifications. FIPS Ada specifications are the language specifications contained in American

National Standard and the International Organization for Standardization Reference Manual for the Ada

Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC 8652:1995 standard.

The American National Standard and the International Organization for Standardization Reference

Manual for the Ada Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC 8652:1995 standard document specifies the form

of a program written in Ada, the effect of translating and executing a program, predefined library entities that

must be supplied, and detection of compilation and/or link errors.

The standard does not specify limits on the size or complexity of programs, the results when the rules

of the standard fail to establish an interpretation, the means of supervisory control of programs, or the means

of transforming programs for processing.

11. Implementation. The implementation of FIPS Ada involves four areas of consideration: the effective

date, acquisition of Ada processors, interpretation of FIPS Ada, and validation of processors.

11.1 Effective Date. This revised standard becomes effective July 10, 1995. Ada Processors

acquired for Federal use after this date should conform to FIPS PUB 119-1.

A transition period provides time for industry to produce Ada language processors conforming to the

standard. The transition period begins on the effective date and ends March 1,1997. The provisions of FIPS

PUB 119-1 apply to orders placed after the effective date of this publication. If, during the transition period,

a processor conforming to FIPS PUB 119-1 is not available, a processor conforming to FIPS PUB 119 may

be acquired for interim use during the transition period.

This transition period is intended to give implementations that conform to FIPS PUB 119 time to make

the enhancements necessary to enable conformance to FIPS PUB 119-1. No further transitional period is

necessary.

11.2 Acquisition of Ada Processors. Conformance to FI PS Ada should be considered whether Ada

processors are developed internally, acquired as part of an ADP system procurement, acquired by separate

procurement, used under an ADP leasing arrangement, or specified for use in contracts for programming

services. Recommended terminology for procurement of FIPS Ada is contained in the U.S. General Services

Administration publication Federal ADP & Telecommunications Standards Index, Chapter 4 Part 1.

11.3 Interpretation of FIPS Ada. The National Institute of Standards and Technology provides for

the resolution of questions (see FIPS PUB 29-3, Interpretation Procedures for FIPS Software, 29 October

1992) regarding the specifications and requirements, and issues official interpretations as needed. All

questions about the interpretation of this standard should be addressed to:

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FIPS PUB 119-1

Director

Computer Systems Laboratory

Attn: FIPS Ada Interpretation

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Voice: 301-975-2490

FAX: 301-948-6213

e-mail: dashiell@alpha.ncsl.nist.gov

11.4 Validation of Ada Processors. Implementations of FIPS Ada shall be validated in accordance

with the NIST Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL) validation procedures for FIPS Ada. Recommended

procurement terminology for validation of FIPS Ada is contained in the U.S. General Services Administration

(GSA) publication Federal ADP & Telecommunications Standards Index, Chapter 4 Part 2. This GSA

publication provides terminology for three validation options: Delayed Validation, Prior Validation Testing,

and Prior Validation. The agency shall select the appropriate validation option and shall specify whether a

Validation Summary Report or Certificate of Validation is required. The agency shall specify appropriate time

frames for validation and correction of nonconformities. The agency is advised to refer to the NIST publica¬

tion Validated Products Listfor information about the validation status of Ada products. This information may

be used to specify validation time frames that are not unduly restrictive of competition.

The agency shall specify the criteria used to determine whether a Validation Summary Report (VSR)

or Certificate is applicable to the hardware/software environment of the Ada implementation offered. The

criteria for applicability of a VSR or Certificate should be appropriate to the size and timing of the procure¬

ment. A large procurement may require that the offered version/release of the Ada implementation shall be

validated in a specified hardware/software environment and that the validation shall be conducted with

specified hardware/software features or parameter settings; e.g., the same parameter settings to be used

in a performance benchmark. An agency with a single/license procurement may review the Validated

Products Listto determine the applicability of existing VSRs or Certificates to the agency’s hardware/soft¬

ware environment.

Ada implementations shall be evaluated using a NIST approved test suite.

For further information contact:

Director

Computer Systems Laboratory

Attn: FIPS Ada Validation

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Voice: 301-975-2490

FAX: 301-948-6213

e-mail: dashiell@alpha.ncsl.nist.gov

12. Waivers. Linder certain exceptional circumstances, the heads of Federal departments and agencies

may approve waivers to Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). The head of such agency may

re-delegate such authority only to a senior official designated pursuant to section 3506(b) of Title 44, U.S.

Code. Waivers shall be granted only when:

a. Compliance with a standard would adversely affect the accomplishment of the mission of an

operator of a Federal computer system, or

b. Cause a major adverse financial impact on the operator which is not offset by Governmentwide

savings.

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FIPS PUB 119-1

Agency heads may act upon a written waiver request containing the information detailed above. Agency

heads may also act without a written waiver request when they determine that conditions for meeting the

standard cannot be met. Agency heads may approve waivers only by a written decision which explains the

basis on which the agency head made the required finding(s). A copy of each such decision, with procure¬

ment sensitive classified portions clearly identified, shall be sent to: National Institute of Standards and

Technology, ATTN: FIPS Waiver Decisions, Technology Building, Room B-154, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

In addition, notice of each waiver granted and each delegation of authority to approve waivers shall be

sent promptly to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the

Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and shall be published promptly in the Federal Register.

When the determination on a waiver applies to the procurement of equipment and/or services, a notice

of the waiver determination must be published in the Commerce Business Daily as a part of the notice of

solicitation for offers of an acquisition or, if the waiver determination is made after that notice is published,

by amendment to such notice.

A copy of the waiver, any supporting documents, the document approving the waiver and any supporting

and accompanying documents, with such deletions as the agency is authorized and decides to make under

5 U.S.C. Section 552(b), shall be part of the procurement documentation and retained by the agency.

13. Where to Obtain Copies. Copies of this publication are for sale by the National Technical Information

Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161, telephone (703) 487-4650. (Sale of the

included specifications document is by arrangement with the American National Standards Institute.) When

ordering, refer to Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 119-1 (FIPSPUB119-1), and title.

Payment may be made by check, money order, or deposit account.

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Federal Information Processing

Standards Publication 119-1, Ada

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: The purpose of this notice is to

announce that the Secretary of

Commerce has approved a revised

standard, which will be published as

FIPS Publication 119—1, Ada. This

revised standard adopts the American

National Standard and the International

Organization for Standardization

Reference Manual for the Ada

Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC

8652:1995, which specifies the form and

meaning of programs written in Ada.

SUMMARY: On July 11, 1994 (59 FR

35315-35317), notice was published in

the Federal Register that a revision to

Federal Information Processing

Standard 119, Ada was being proposed

for Federal use.

The written comments submitted by

interested parties and other material

available to the Department relevant to

the revised standard was reviewed by

NIST. On the basis of this review, NIST

recommended that the Secretary

approve the revised standard as a

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publication, and prepared a

detailed justification document for the

Secretary’s review in support of that

recommendation.

The detailed justification document

which was presented to the Secretary is

part of the public record and is available

for inspection and copying in the

Department’s Central Reference and

Records Inspection Facility, Room 6020,

Herbert C, Hoover Building, 14th Street

between Pennsylvania and Constitution

Avenues NW., Washington, DC 20230.

The FIPS contains two sections: (1)

An announcement section, which

provides information concerning the

applicability, implementation, and

maintenance of the standard; and (2) a

.specifications section which deals with

the technical requirements of the

standard. Only the announcement

section of the standard is provided in

this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This revised standard

becomes effective July 10, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may

purchase copies of this revised

standard, including the technical

specifications section, from the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS).

Specific ordering information from

NTIS for this standard is set out in the

Where to Obtain Copies Section of the

announcement section of the standard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

William H. Dashiell, telephone (301)

975-2490, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12866: This FIPS notice

has been determined to be “not

significant” for purposes of E.O. 12866.
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 48 / Monday, March 13, 1995 / Notices 13405

Dated: March 7, 1995.

Samuel Kramer,

Associate Director.

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publication 119-1

(date)

Announcing the Standard for Ada

Federal Information Processing

Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are

issued by the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) after

approval by the Secretary of Commerce

pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the

Federal Property and Administrative

Services Act of 1949, as amended by the

Computer Security Act of 1987, Public

Law 100-235.

1. Name of Standard. Ada (FTPS PUB

119-1).

2. Category of Standard. Software

Standard, Programming Language.

3. Explanation. This publication is a

revision of FTPS PUB 119 and

supersedes that document in its

entirety.

This publication announces the

adoption of American National

Standard and the International

Organization for Standardization

Reference Manual for the Ada

Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC

8652:1995, as a Federal Information

Processing Standard (FTPS). American

National Standard and the International

Organization for Standardization

Reference Manual for the Ada

Programming Language. ANSI/ISO/IEC

8652:1995, specifies the form and

meaning of programs written in Ada.

The purpose of the standard is to

promote portability of Ada programs for

use on a variety of data processing

systems. The standard is for use by

implementors as the reference authority

in developing compilers, interpreters, or

other forms of high level language

processors: and by other computer

professionals who need to know the

precise syntactic and semantic rules of

the standard.

4. Approving Authority. Secretary of

Commerce.

5. Maintenance Agency, U.S.

Department of Commerce. National

Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST), Computer Systems Laboratory

(CSL).

6. Cross Index. American National

Standard and the International

Organization for Standardization

Reference Manual for the Ada

Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC

8652:1995.

7. Related Documents.

a. Federal ADP and

Telecommunications Standards Index,

U.S. General Services Administration.

Information Resources Management

Service, April 1994 (updated

periodically).

b. Federal Information Resources

Management Regulations (FIRMR)

subpart 201.20.303, Standards, and

subpart 201.39.1002, Federal Standards.

c. FIPS PUB 29-3, Interpretation

Procedures for FIPS Software, 29

October 1992.

d. NBS Special Publication 500-117,

Selection and Use of General-Purpose

Programming Languages.

e. NIST, Validated Products List,

(republished quarterly). Available by

subscription from the National

Technical Information Service (MTIS)

f. ISO 6429: 1992(E)—Information

Technology-—Control Functions for

Coded Character Sets.

g. ISO 646 Information Processing—-7-

bit Single-Byte Coded Character Set.

h. ISO 8859-l:1987(E)—Information

Processing—8 bit Single-Byte Coded

Character Sets—Part 1: Latin Alphabet

No. 1.

i. ISO 10646—1:1993 Information

Technology—Universal Multiple-Octet

Coded Character Set (UCS)—Part 1:

Architecture and Ba/ic Multilingual

Plane. S

8. Objectives. Federal standards for

high level programming languages

permit Federal departments and

agencies to exercise more effective

control over the production,

management, and use of the

Government’s information resources.

The primary objectives of Federal

programming language standards are:

—to encourage more effective utilization

and management of programmers by

insuring that programming skills

acquired on one job are transportable

to other jobs, thereby reducing the

cost of programmer re-training;

—to reduce the cost of program

development by achieving the

increased programmer productivity

that is inherent in the use of high

level programming languages;

—to reduce the overall software costs by

making it easier and less expensive to

maintain programs and to transfer

programs among different computer

systems, including replacement

systems;

—to protect the existing software assets

of the Federal Government by

insuring to the maximal feasible

extent that Federal programming

language standards are technically

sound and that subsequent revisions

are compatible with the installed

base.

Govemmentwide attainment of the

above objectives depends upon the

widespread availability and use of

comprehensive and precise standard

language specifications.

9. Applicability.

a. Federal standards for high level

programming languages should be used

for computer applications that are either

developed or acquired for government

use. FIPS Ada is one of the high level

programming language standards

provided for use by all Federal

departments and agencies. FIPS Ada is

suitable for use in programming and any

applications for which there is no

specific language available specifically

targeted to that application.

b. The use of FIPS Ada is

recommended for the following

applications and situations:

—those involving control of real-time or

parallel processes.

—very large systems.

—systems with requirements for very

high reliability.

—systems which are to be developed

with reusable software packages

—when it is anticipated that the life of

an application will be longer than the

life of the presently utilized

equipment.

—the application or program is under

constant review for updating of the

specifications, and changes may result

frequently.

—the application is being designed and

programmed centrally for a

decentralized system that employs

computers of different makes, models

and configurations.

—the program will or might be run on

equipment other than that for which

the program is initially written.

—the program is to be understood and

maintained by programmers other

than the original ones.

—the advantages of improved program

design, debugging, documentation

and intelligibility can be obtained

through the use of this high level

language.

—the program is or is likely to be used

by organizations outside the Federal

Government (i.e.. State and local

governments, and others).

10. Specifications. FTPS Ada

specifications are the language

specifications contained in American

National Standard and the International

Organization for Standardization

Reference Manual for the Ada

Programming Language, ANSI/ISO/IEC

8652:1995 standard.

The American National Standard and

the International Organization for

Standardization Reference Manual for

the Ada Programming Language, ANSI/

ISO/IEC 8652:1995 standard document

specifies the form of a program written

in Ada, the effect of translating and
13406 Federal Register / Voi. 60. No. 48 / Monday, Marcn 13. 1995 / Notices

executing a program, predefined library

entities that must be supplied, and

detection of compilation and/or link

errors.

The standard does not specify limits

on the size or complexity of programs,

the results when the rules of the

standard fail to establish an

interpretation, the means of supervisory

control of programs, or the means of

transforming programs for processing.

11.Implementation. The

implementation of FIPS Ada involves

four areas of consideration: the effective

date, acquisition of Ada processors,

interpretation of FTPS Ada, and

validation of processors.

11.1 Effective Date. This revised

standard becomes effective July 10,

1995. Ada Processors acquired for

Federal use after this date should

conform to FIPS PUB 119-1.

A transition period provides time for

industry to produce Ada language

processors conforming to the standard.

The transition period begins on the

effective date and ends March 1, 1997.

The provisions of FIPS PUB 119-1

apply to orders placed after the effective

date of this publication. If, during the

transition period, a processor

conforming to FTPS PUB 119-1 is not

available, a processor conforming to

FIPS PUB 119 may be acquired for

interim use during the transition period.

This transition period is intended to

give implementations that conform to

FIPS PUB 119 time to make the

enhancements necessary to enable

conformance to FTPS PUB 119-1, No

further transitional period is necessary.

11.2 Acquisition of Ada Processors.

Conformance to FIPS Ada should be

considered whether Ada processors are

developed internally, acquired as part of

an ADP system procurement, acquired

by separate procurement, used under an

ADP leasing arrangement, or specified

for use in contracts for programming

services. Recommended terminology for

procurement of FIPS Ada is contained

in the U.S. General Services

Administration publication Federal

ADP & Telecommunications Standards

Index, Chapter 4 Part 1.

11.3 Interpretation of FIPS Ada. The

National Institute of Standards and

Technology provides for the resolution

of questions (see FIPS PUB 29-3,

Interpretation Procedures for FIPS

Software, 29 October 1992) regarding

the specifications and requirements, and

issues official interpretations as needed.

All questions about the interpretation of

this standard should be addressed to:

Director. Computer Systems Laboratory,

Attn: FIPS Ada Interpretation, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Voice: 301-

975-2490. FAX: 301-948-6213, e-mail:

dashiell@aipha.ncsl.nist.gov.

11.4Validation of Ada Processors.

Implementations of FIPS Ada shall be

validated in accordance with the NIST

Computer Systems laboratory (CSL)

validation procedures for FIPS Ada.

Recommended procurement

terminology for validation of FIPS Ada

is contained in the U.S. General

Services Administration (GSA)

publication Federal ADP &

Telecommunications Standards Index,

Chapter 4 Part 2. This GSA publication

provides terminology for three

validation options; Delayed Validation,

Prior Validation Testing, and Prior

Validation. The agency shall select the

appropriate validation option and shall

specify whether a Validation Summary

Report or Certificate of Validation, is

required. The agency shall specify

appropriate time frames for validation

and correction of nonconformities. The

agency is advised to refer to the NIST

publication Validated Products List for

information about the validation status

of Ada products. This information may

be used to specify validation time

frames that are not unduly restrictive of

competition.

The agency shall specify the criteria

used to determine whether a Validation

Summary Report (VSR) or Certificate is

applicable to the hardware/software

environment of the Ada implementation

offered. The criteria for applicability of

a VSR or Certificate should be

appropriate to the size and timing of the

procurement. A large procurement may

require that the offered version/release

of the Ada implementation shall be

validated in a specified hardware/

software environment and that the

validation shall be conducted with

specified hardware/software features or

parameter settings; e.g. the same

parameter settings to be used in a

performance benchmark. An agency

with a single/license procurement may

review the Validated Products List to

determine the applicability of existing

VSRs or Certificates to^he agency’s

hardware/software environment.

Ada implementations shall be

evaluated using a NIST approved test

suite.

For further information contact:

Director. Computer Systems Laboratory,

Attn: FIPS Ada Validation, National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Voice: 301-

975-2490, F.AX: 301-948-6213, e-mail:

dashiell@alpha.ncsl.nist.gov.

12. Waivers. Under certain

exceptional circumstances, the heads of

Federal departments and agencies mav

approve waivers to Federal Information

Processing Standards (FIPS). The head

of such agency may re-delegate such

authority only to a senior official

designated pursuant to section 3506(b)

of Title 44, U.S. Code. Waivers shall be

granted only when: i

a. Compliance with a standard would^

adversely affect the accomplishment of

the mission of an operator of a Federal

computer system, or

b. Cause a major adverse Financial

impact on the operator which is not

offset by Governmentwide savings.

Agency heads may act upon a written

waiver request containing the

information detailed above. Agency

heads may also act without a written

waiver request when they determine

that conditions for meeting the standard

cannot be met. Agency heads may

approve waivers only by a written

decision which explains the basis on

which the agency head made the

required finding(s). A copy of each such

decision, with procurement sensitive

classified portions clearly identified,

shall be sent to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Attn: FIPS

Waiver Decisions, technology Building,

Room B-154, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

In addition, notice of each waiver

granted and each delegation of authority

to approve waivers shall be sent

promptly to the Committee on

Government Operations of the House of

Representatives and the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate and^

shall be published promptly in the fl

Federal Register.

When the determination on a waiver

applies to the procurement of

equipment and/or services, a notice of

the waiver determination must be

published in the Commerce Business

Daily as part of the notice of solicitation

for offers of an acquisition or, if the

waiver determination is made after that

notice is published, by amendment to

such notice.

A copy of the waiver, any supporting

documents, the document approving the

waiver and any supporting and

accompanying documents, with such

deletions as the agency is authorized

and decides to make under 5 U.S.C.

Section 552(b), shall be part of the

procurement documentation and

retained by the agency.

13. Where to Obtain Copies. Copies of

this publication are for sale bv the

National Technical Information Service,

U.S. Department of Commerce.

Springfield. VA 22161. telephone (703)

487-4650. (Sale of the included

specifications document is bv

arrangement with the American

National Standards Institute.) When

ordering, refer to Federal Information

Processing Standards Publication

(FIPSPUB119-1), and title. Payment

may be made by check, monev order, or

deposit account.

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