70-FEDL. IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 3060 TRANSACTIONS; 856R -- SHIP NOTICE MANIFEST (SHIPMENT STATUS MATERIAL RETURNS) ET AL; The Joint Federal/DoD Logistics Functional Working Group is developing standard implementation conventions to be used the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 3060. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transactions 856R -- Ship Notice Manifest (Shipment Status Material Returns), 869C -- Order Status Inquiry (Cancellation), 830R -- Planning Schedule with Release Capability (Special Program Requirements), and 517M -- Material Obligation Validation 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/LFWG. The FTP login in anonymous and your E-Mail address should be entered as the password. Electronic comments are preferred and should be addressed to logfwg@edi.oti.disa.mil and jp.favreau@nist.gov. The public comment period closes April 30, 1998 (or 30 days from the date of publshing) Contact Jean-Philippe Favreau EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Joint Federal/DoD Logistics Functional Working group Information Technology Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST-North, Room 458, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Tel:(301)975-3634

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