SPECIAL NOTICE 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 set 830 Planning Schedule with Release Capability is 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/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 January 3, 1997 (or 30 days from the date of publishing) Contact Tim Boland, EDI 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. WEB: National Institute of Standards & Technology, http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/fededi.

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