Approval of Withdrawal of Sixteen Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publications

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The purpose of this notice is to announce that the Secretary of Commerce has approved the withdrawal of sixteen Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publications. Sixteen FIPS are being withdrawn because they are obsolete, or have not been updated to adopt current voluntary industry standards. Federal agencies and departments are directed by the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-113, to use technical standards that are developed in voluntary consensus standards bodies. Consequently, there no longer is a need for FIPS that duplicate voluntary industry standards.