IEEE STUDY GROUP MEETING The United States Department of the Navy is soliciting voluntary industry support in co-authoring a new IEEE sponsored industry standard to be referenced in future US Navy procurements. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Microprocessor Standards Committee (MSC) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE), 345 East 47 Street New York, NY 10017-2394 has granted the United States Navy's request for a study group to develop a new industry standard, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR RACK MOUNTED EQUIPMENT. An IEEE Project Authorization Request (PAR) has been requested. The purpose of this standard is to provide a common set of specifications for physical integrity, environmental performance levels and test methods for rack mounted computer equipment. The benefit of this standard will be to enable the Navy to competitively procure and retrofit rack mounted computer configurations with newer equipment while reusing the same unmodified racks. A draft of the IEEE standard and additional meeting information are available on the World Wide Web at: http://tac.nosc.mil/more/ieeep1156x/. The IEEE meeting will be held from 10:00am to 4:00pm, 22-23 April 1997 at the COP BUILDING, DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION (DEC), 6406 IVY LANE, GREENBELT, MD 20770, Phone (301) 918-5000. The meeting room occupancy is limited to 30 persons. To assure space availability, please notify Mr. Kris Uebersax (DEC) (301)918-5286 of your intent to attend. Geographic diversity of future meetings is encouraged. Continued participation on this standards committee may result in IEEE fees. Technical point of contact: Mr. Adam Jay Simonoff, NSWCDD, Code B325, email:asimono@nswc.navy.mil, (540)653-2133 Fax (540)653-4270. WEB: Draft IEEE Standard and Additional Information on Meeting, http://tac.nosc.mil/more/ieeep1156x/. E-MAIL: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), asimo@nswc.navy.mil.

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