70 -- FEDL. IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR EDIFACT 98B PROTAP PROJECT TASKS PLANNING TRANSACTION The Logistics Functional Working Group is developing standard implementation conventions to be used by the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using UN/EDIFACT standard. Federal Implementation Conventions for EDIFACT 98B PROTAP Project Tasks Planning 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 karen.hsing@nist.gov. The public comment period closes April 19, 1999 (or 30 days from the date of publishing). Contact Karen Hsing EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Federal Logistics Functional Workgroup, Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 820, Room 458 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Tel: (301) 975-3656 Posted 03/19/99 (W-SN310679).

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