NAO 212-12: ADP and Telecommunications Standards

Issued 06/13/91; Effective 05/30/91 Last Reviewed: In Process

 

SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

 

This Order supplements the policies and procedures prescribed in Section 12 of the Department of Commerce (DOC) Information Technology (IT) Management Handbook. It prescribes the responsibilities and procedures within the National Oceanic and Atmosphe ric Administration (NOAA) for the development and use of ADP and telecommunications standards and describes how waivers from those standards may be requested.

SECTION 2. RESPONSIBILITIES/PROCEDURES.

.01 The Deputy Under Secretary is responsible for designating the members of the Administrative and Financial Systems Council.

.02 The Director, Office of Administration is responsible for chairing the Administrative and Financial Systems Council.

.03 The Heads of NOAA Line Offices, the Office of the Comptroller, the Office of NOAA Corps Operations, and the Office of Administration are responsible for designating representatives for the Office Automation Standards Committee.

.04 The Administrative and Financial Systems Council is responsible for:

  • reviewing, approving, or disapproving actions proposed by the Office Automation Standards Committee;
  • coordinating the use of DOC-wide systems within NOAA;
  • reviewing and approving the development of NOAA-wide administrative or financial systems; and
  • identifying areas where coordinated and focused efforts could produce agency-wide benefits.

.05 The Office Automation Standards Committee is responsible for:

  • identifying the need for specific office automation standards and developing proposed standards for Administrative and Financial Systems Council (AFSC) approval;
  • identifying and recommending to the AFSC other coordinated actions in the area of office automation which could benefit NOAA;
  • serving as a technical advisor to the AFSC and providing Line Office perspectives on proposed actions; and
  • implementing, as appropriate, the decisions of the AFSC.

.06 The Information Systems and Finance Office, Office of Administration is responsible for:

  • reviewing all NOAA requests for waivers from the use of any Federal Standard or Federal Information Processing Standard and submitting approved requests to the DOC Office of Information Resources Management; and
  • developing or coordinating the development of documentation standards and formats and issuing these for NOAA use.

.07 The Information Resources Management Staff, Information Systems and Finance Office is responsible for:

  • the daily performance of the responsibilities detailed in Section 2.06 of this Order for ADP standards; and
  • chairing the Office Automation Standards Committee.

.08 The Telecommunications and ADP Security Branch, Systems Division, Information Systems and Finance Office is responsible for the daily performance of the responsibilities detailed in Section 2.06 of this Order for telecommunication s standards.

.09 Line and Staff Offices personnel are responsible for:

  • implementing the standards policies contained in Section 12 of the DOC IT Management Handbook and any documentation standards issued by the Information Systems and Finance Office, Office of Administration;
  • submitting requests for waivers from the use of any ADP standard or requests for the development of an ADP standard to the Information Resources Management Staff; and
  • submitting requests for waivers from the use of any telecommunications standard or requests for the development of a telecommunications standard to the Telecommunications and ADP Security Branch.

SECTION 3. EFFECT ON OTHER ISSUANCES.

None.

SIGNED,

Director, Office of Administration

Office of Primary Interest:
Office of Administration
Information Systems and Finance Office
Information Resources Management Staff (OA1x1)