FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS DUE 112196. POC Tim Boland (301) 975-3608. 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 3050. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 set 839F (Contract Funds Status Report), 839C (Project Cost Reporting), 806 (Project Schedule Reporting), 848 Material Safety Data Sheet (Structured Request, Semi-Structured, and Unstructured), and 196 (Contractor Cost Data Reporting) are available for public comment. These documents are available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/fededi and from anonymous FTP an snad.ncsl.nist.gov/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@ITSI.DISA.MIL and t.boland@nist.gov. The public comment period closes November 21, 1996 (or 30 days from the date of publishing). Contact Tim Boland, EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Finance and Procurement Functional Workgroups, Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Bldg, Room B217, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Tel: (301) 975-3608.

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