239.7200 Scope of subpart.
239.7201 Reserved.
239.7202 Waivers.
239.7200 Scope of subpart.
This subpart contains
guidance for implementing—
(a) Federal Information
Processing Standards (FIPS); and
(b) Federal
Telecommunications Standards (FED-STD).
239.7201 Reserved.
239.7202 Waivers.
(a) The Secretary of
Commerce has delegated to the Secretary of Defense the authority to waive FIP
standards, in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of
Commerce. The Secretary of Defense
redelegated that waiver authority to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (ASD(C3I)). The ASD(C3I) has redelegated to the senior information
technology official of each military department the authority to approve
waivers to FIP standards that are applicable to military department
requirements. Waivers to FIP standards
that are applicable to the requirements of DoD components outside the military
departments must be approved by the ASD(C3I).
(b) Contracting
officers shall ensure that all applicable FIP standards are incorporated into
solicitations, except for those FIP standards for which the requiring activity
has obtained a waiver from the appropriate military department or DoD senior information
technology official.
(c) As part of the Commerce Business Daily synopsis of a solicitation, contracting officers shall publish a notice of any determinations to waive any FIP standards that are applicable to the solicitation. If the waiver determination is made after the notice of the solicitation is published, the contracting officer shall amend the notice to announce the waiver determination.