70-FEDL. IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTION FOR ASC X12 TRANSACTION; 858A -- FREIGHT GOVT. BILL OF LADING SHIPMENT INFORMATION The Transportation Functional Working Group is developing standard implementation conventions to be used by the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 3050. A Federal Implementation Convention for ASC X12 transaction set 858A -- Freight Government Bill of Lading Shipment Information is available for public comment. This document is available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://www.antd.nist.gov/fededi/cbd.html. Electronic comments are preferred and should be addressed to wootenj@ncr.disa.mil and t.boland@nist.gov. The public comment period closes December 18, 1997 (or 30 days from date of publishing). Contact Tim Boland, EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Transportation 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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