70 -- DOD IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 4010 TRANSACTIONS; 810R INVOICE (CERTIFIED INVOICE), 821P FINANCIAL INFO. REPORTING 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 4010. DOD Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 4010 810R Invoice (Certified Invoice) and 821P Financial Information Reporting (E/ABA) 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/FFWG. 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 karen.hsing@nist.gov. The public comment period closes November 30, 1998 (or 30 days from the date of publishing) Contact Karen Hsing 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) 975-3656 Posted 10/30/98 (W-SN266940).

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