FEDL. IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 3060 TRANSACTIONS; 869A -- ORDER STATUS INQUIRY (REQ. INQUIRY/SUPPLY ASSISTANCE REQUEST) 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 Convention for ASC X12 transactions 869A -- Order Status Inquiry (Requisition Inquiry/Supply Assistance Request) is 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 is 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 May 21, 1998 (or 15 days from the date of publishing) 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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