FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS Q-FICRRM. Due 121296. 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 3060. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transaction sets 511 Requisition, 511 Requisition (Modification) 527 Material Due - In and Receipt, 856 Ship Notice/Manifest (Shipment Status), 870 Order Status Report (Supply Status), 940 Warehouse Shipping Order (Material Release) and 945 Warehouse Shipping Advice (Material Release Advice) are available for public comment. This document 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/pbu/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 December 12, 1996 (or 30 days from the date of publishing). Contact Tim Boland, FDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Joint Federal/DoD Logistics Functional Working Group Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Bldg., Room B217, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Tel: (301)975-3608.

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