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Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors. Refer to FIPS in Wikipedia for overall information County & County Equivalent Codes: https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cou.html describes the names and codes that represent the counties and equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions (i.e., counties) of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the possessions. Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf describes document processing, encryption algorithms and other information technology standards for use within non-military government agencies and by government contractors and vendors who work with the agencies. The standards cover a specific topic in information technology (IT) and strive to achieve a common level of quality or interoperability.

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 '''County  & County Equivalent Codes:''' https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cou.html  describes the names and codes that represent the counties and equivalent legal  and/or statistical subdivisions (i.e., counties) of the 50 states, the  District of Columbia, and the possessions.
+'''Security Requirements  for Cryptographic Modules:''' http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf  describes document processing, encryption algorithms and other  information technology standards for use within non-military government  agencies and by government contractors and vendors who work with the  agencies. The standards cover a specific topic in information technology (IT)  and strive to achieve a common level of quality or interoperability.
-'''Security Requirements  for Cryptographic Modules:'''
-http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf  describes document processing, encryption algorithms and other  information technology standards for use within non-military government  agencies and by government contractors and vendors who work with the  agencies. The standards cover a specific topic in information technology (IT)  and strive to achieve a common level of quality or interoperability.
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