Author: General Services Administration

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-01-09

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9781542438070

This Manual provides guidance to executive agencies for the development of federal product descriptions (FPDs), consisting of federal specifications and related federal qualified products lists, federal standards, and commercial item descriptions (CIDs). It also provides information on the use and adoption of voluntary standards. It does not cover Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor does it cover DoD or military specifications, guide specifications, standards or handbooks.