STANDARD IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS Q-ANSIX12. DUE 060295. POC S. Nightengale (301) 975-3616. The Procurement Functional Workgroup is developing standard implementation conventions to be used by the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 3.5 (3050). Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transaction set 836 (Procurement Notices) is available for public comment. These documents are available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/pub/fededi/PFWG. 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 PFWG@snad.ncsl.nist.gov. The public comment period closes June 2, 1995. For information contact: Stephen Nightengale EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: procurement Functional Workgroup, Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Bldg., Room B217, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Tel: (301) 975-3616.

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