Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996

Citation: Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-106 (1996).

Overview
Under section 5131 of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, the NIST develops standards, guidelines, and associated methods and techniques for federal computer systems. Federal Information Processing Standards are developed by the NIST only when there are no existing voluntary standards to address the federal requirements for the interoperability of different systems, the portability of data and software, and computer security.