70-FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 TRANSACTION; 3070 824 APPLICATION ADVICE, 3070 838 TRADING PARTNER PROFILE, 3070 838C TRADING PARTNER PROFILE-CONFIRMATION, ET AL. The Joint Federal/DoD Communications, Control and Security Functional Working group is updating standard implementation conventions to be used by the Federal Government in transmitting electronic data using ANSI X12 Version 3070. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transaction 824 Application Advice, 838 Trading Partner Profile, 838C Trading Partner Profile (Confirmation), and 864 Text Message are available for public comment. These documents are available in electronic format from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://www.antd.nist.gov/fededi and from anonymous FTP at snad.ncsl.nist.gov/pub/fededi/CCSFWG. 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 ccsfwg@itsi.disa.mil and jp.favreau@nist.gov. The public comment period closes Aug. 14, 1997 (or 30 days from the date of publishing) Contact Jean-Philippe Favreau EDI Standards Management Program, Attn: Joint Federal/DoD Communications, Control and Security Functional Working group Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Bldg, Room B217, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Tel: (301) 975-3634

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