Download or read book The Federal Standardization Manual written by General Services Administration and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.