V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

FIPS
       Federal Information Processing Standard (NIST, USA)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Federal Information Processing Standards
FIPS

    (FIPS) United States Government technical
   standards published by the National Institute of Standards
   and Technology (NIST).  NIST develops FIPS when there are
   compelling Federal government requirements such as for
   security and interoperability but no acceptable industry
   standards or solutions.

   Computer-related products bought by the US Government must
   conform to FIPS.

   (2003-06-04)