70-DOD UNIQUE IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 & 3050/3060 TRANSACTIONS: 3050 810C COMM. INV./3060 PYMT. ORDER/REMIT. ADVICE The Department of Defense is developing DoD Unique standard implementation conventions to be used in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 3050 and 3060. DoD Unique Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transaction 3050 810C Commercial Invoice and 3060 820 Payment Order/Remittance Advice are available for public comment. Documents are available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/fededi/cbd.html and from anonymous FTP at snad.ncsl.nist.gov, directory pub/fededi/DoD/CBD. 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 FINAN-WG@EDI.OTI.DISA.MIL and jp.favreau@nist.gov. The public comment period closes March 2, 1998 (or 30 days from the date of publishing) Contact Jean-Philippe Favreau EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: DoD Unique Implementation Convention Information Technology Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST-North, Room 458, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Tel: (301) 975-3634.

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