[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9976-9977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5888]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 950405088-5285-02]
RIN 0693-AB40


Approval of Withdrawal of Federal Information Processing Standard 
(FIPS) 121, Videotex/Teletext Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (North 
American PLPS)

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that the Secretary 
of Commerce has approved the withdrawal

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of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 121, Videotex/
Teletext Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (North American PLPS).

    On May 4, 1995, notice was published in the Federal Register (60 FR 
22051) proposing withdrawal of Federal Information Processing Standards 
(FIPS) 121, Videotex/Teletext Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (North 
American PLPS), because the standard is no longer needed by the Federal 
Government.
    The written comments submitted by interested parties and other 
material available to the Department relevant to this standard was 
reviewed by NIST. On the basis of this review, NIST recommended that 
the Secretary approve the withdrawal of the FIPS, 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This withdrawal is effective March 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Shirley Radack, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone (301) 975-2833.

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

    Dated: March 4, 1996.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 96-5888 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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