70-FEDL. IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 TRANSACTIONS; 3050 823 LOCKBOX & 3070 820 PAYMENT ORDER/REMITTANCE ADVICE 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 3050/3070. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transaction sets 3050 823 Lockbox and 3070 820 Payment Order/Remittance Advice are available for public comment. These documents are available electronically from the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://www.antd.nist.gov/fededi/cbd.html. 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 FWG@edi.oti.disa.mil and jp.favreau@nist.gov. The public comment period closes January 05, 1998 (or 30 days from the date of publishing). Contact Jean-Philippe Favreau 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) 975-3634

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