Agency heads may act upon a written waiver request containing the information detailed above. Agency heads may also act without a written waiver request when they determine that conditions for meeting the standard cannot be met.Agency heads may approve waivers only by a written decision that explains the basis on which the agency head made the required finding(s).A copy of each such decision,with procurement sensitive or classified portions clearly identified,shall be sent to:National Institute of Standards and Technology;ATTN:FIPS Waiver Decision, Information Technology Laboratory,100 Bureau Drive,Stop 8900,Gaithersburg,MD 20899- 8900. In addition,notice of each waiver granted and each delegation of authority to approve waivers shall be sent promptly to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Government Affairs of the Senate and shall be published promptly in the Federal Register. When the determination on a waiver applies to the procurement of equipment and/or services,a notice of the waiver determination must be published in the Commerce Business Daily as a part of the notice of solicitation for offers of an acquisition or,if the waiver determination is made after that notice is published,by amendment to such notice. A copy of the waiver,any supporting documents,the document approving the waiver and any supporting and accompanying documents,with such deletions as the agency is authorized and decides to make under Section 552(b)of Title 5,U.S.Code,shall be part of the procurement documentation and retained by the agency. 14. Where to obtain copies.This publication is available electronically by accessing http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/.A list of other available computer security publications, including ordering information,can be obtained from NIST Publications List 91,which is available at the same web site.Alternatively,copies of NIST computer security publications are available from:National Technical Information Service (NTIS),5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield,VA 22161. i试iiii Agency heads may act upon a written waiver request containing the information detailed above. Agency heads may also act without a written waiver request when they determine that conditions for meeting the standard cannot be met. Agency heads may approve waivers only by a written decision that explains the basis on which the agency head made the required finding(s). A copy of each such decision, with procurement sensitive or classified portions clearly identified, shall be sent to: National Institute of Standards and Technology; ATTN: FIPS Waiver Decision, Information Technology Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8900, Gaithersburg, MD 20899- 8900. In addition, notice of each waiver granted and each delegation of authority to approve waivers shall be sent promptly to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Government Affairs of the Senate and shall be published promptly in the Federal Register. When the determination on a waiver applies to the procurement of equipment and/or services, a notice of the waiver determination must be published in the Commerce Business Daily as a part of the notice of solicitation for offers of an acquisition or, if the waiver determination is made after that notice is published, by amendment to such notice. A copy of the waiver, any supporting documents, the document approving the waiver and any supporting and accompanying documents, with such deletions as the agency is authorized and decides to make under Section 552(b) of Title 5, U.S. Code, shall be part of the procurement documentation and retained by the agency. 14. Where to obtain copies. This publication is available electronically by accessing http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/. A list of other available computer security publications, including ordering information, can be obtained from NIST Publications List 91, which is available at the same web site. Alternatively, copies of NIST computer security publications are available from: National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161