Compliance Frequently Asked Questions

This Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in this section are not comprehensive. Rather, this section contains the most frequently asked questions received by the NIST Standards Information Center from industry, government agencies and the public. FAQs may be added to this section in the future, and old FAQs deleted or revised when circumstances warrant. For more detailed information, or for information on areas not specifically covered by an FAQ, please consult other sections of the Standards.gov web page. The FAQs are listed alphabetically according to the following categories:  

• CE Marking
• Fastener Quality Act (FQA)
• Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
• Made in the USA
• NIST IT Security Validation Program
• Packaging and Labeling in the US
• RoHS (Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances) 

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