STANDARD IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS DUE 110596. POC Tim Boland (301) 975-3608. The Procurement Functional Working Group is developing standard implementation conventions to be used by the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 3060. A Federal Implementation Convention for ASC X12 transaction set 194 Grant Assistance/Application is available for public comment. This document is available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/pub/fededi/PFWG. The ftp login is anonymous and your E-Mail address should be entered as the password. Electronic comments are preferred and should be addressed to PFWG@snad.ncsl.nist.gov and t.boland@nist.gov. The public comment period closes November 5, 1996 (or 30 days from the date of publishing). Contact Tim Boland, EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Federal Procurement Functional Workgroup, Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 820, Room 517, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Tel: (301) 975-3608.

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