70-FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 3050 TRANSACTIONS; 820 PAYMENT ORDER/REMITTANCE ADVICE The Finance 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 820C Payment Order/Remittance Advice is available for public comment. These documents are available electronically from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://www.antd.nist.gov/fededi/cbd.html. 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 FFWG@edi.oti.disa.mil and jp.favreau@nist.gov. The public comment period closes October 15, 1997 (or 30 days from the date of publishing). Contact Jean-Philippe Favreau EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Federal Finance Functional Workgroup, Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 820, Room 458 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Tel: (301)975-3634

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