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Author Message Richard L Matteo Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 24 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 02:26 pm:    It is my understanding that many of the Federal Standards (FS), etc. have or are being replaced by ASTM Standards. Can anyone enlighten me as to the truth of this. If it is true, is there somewhere one may go to find out which Federal Standards have been replaced by ASTM Standards. Ronald L. Geren, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: specman Post Number: 38 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 02:47 pm:    It's true. In accordance with the "National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995," the Federal Government is required to use voluntary consensus standards where available to reduce the Government's time and money spent on developing their own standards. The GSA website below lists the Federal Standards that have been superceded (see item 5): http://apps.fss.gsa.gov/pub/fedspecs/index.cfm Be patient, though, it takes a while to load up. Ronald L. Geren, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: specman Post Number: 39 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 02:54 pm:    Another good website regarding the NTTAA, is here: http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/nttaa/about.htm Richard L Matteo Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 04:38 pm:    Thanks Ronald. The GSA Site was of great help. So was NTTAA Site. Exactly what I was looking for.