1、1 CHANGE NO. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY Gaithersburg, MD 20899 FIPS PUBLICATION CHANGE NOTICE DATE OF CHANGE 1987 September 18 FIE PUB. NO. 5-2 IITLE OF PUBLICATION Codes for the Identification of the States, the District
2、of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas This office has a record of your interest in receiving changes to the above FIPS PUB. The change(s) indicated below have been provided by the Maintenance Agency for this publication and will be included in the next publish
3、ed revision to this FIPS PUB. Questions or requests for additional information should be addressed to the Maintenance Agency: Department of Commerce National Bureau of Standards Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology Room 8-64, Techno1 ogy hithnrwa. MD 70899 :HANGE ITEMIS) U.S. Postal Servic
4、e to Adopt Outlying Area Codes The U. S. Postal Service has announced in its Postal Bulletin PB 21635, dated September 3, 1987 that, effective January 1, 1988, it will adopt as official abbreviations the two-letter FIPS State Alpha Codes in Table 2 for Federated States of Micronesia, Marshal 1 Is1 a
5、nds, Northern Mariana Is1 ands, and Palau. The U.S. Postal Service already uses the corresponding FIPS State Alpha Codes in Table 2 as official abbreviations for American Samoa, Guam, Puerto-Rico, and Virgin Islands of the U.S. Specific Changes Page 1; paragraph 6e. Change 1987 to 1988. Page 3; dele
6、te last paragraph under Table 2. Replace with the following: Effective January 1, 1988, the FIPS State Alpha Code for each area in Table 2 except U.S. Minor Outlying Islands is identical to the U. S. Postal Service abbreviation for that area. The U.S. Postal Service does not employ the tem U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, as mail for any of these islands is routed indirectly. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS - -I-. PAGES. Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-
