An overview of the 1974 COBOL standard
Margaret Cook, George N. Baird, William M. Holmes, Patrick M. Hoyt, L. Arnold Johnson, Paul Oliver · 1975
Since 1 July 1972, all COBOL compilers brought into the Federal Government have to be identified as implementing one of the levels of the Federal COBOL Standard. The National Bureau of Standards, which has the responsibility for the development and maintenance of Federal ADP Standards, has delegated to the Department of Defense the responsibility for the operation of a Government-wide COBOL Compiler Testing Service. This responsibility is discharged by the Federal COBOL Compiler Testing Service (FCCTS), an activity of the Department of the Navy's Automatic Data Processing Equipment Selection Office Software Development Division, through the implementation and maintenance of the COBOL Compiler Validation System (CCVS), a comprehensive set of computer programs used to test COBOL compilers for compliance with the Federal COBOL Standard.