FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS DUE 112196. POC Tim Boland (301) 975-3608. The Joint Federal/DoD Logistics Functional Working group is developing standard implementation conventions to be used by the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 3050. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transaction set 856 Ship Notice/Manifest is available for public comment. This documents is available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/fededi and from anonymous FTP at snad.ncsl.nist.gov/pub/fededi/LFWG. 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 LOGFWG@ITSI.DISA.MIL and t.boland@nist.gov. The public comment period closes November 21, 1996 (or 30 days from the date of publishing). Contact Tim Boland, EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Finance and Procurement Functional Workgroups, Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Bldg, Room B217, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Tel: (301) 975-3608.

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