70-FEDL. IMPLEMENTATION CONVENTIONS FOR ASC X12 TRANSACTION; 3070 820E PAYMENT ORDER/REMITTANCE ADVICE (ELEC. FEDL. TAX SYST.) 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 3070. Federal Implementation Conventions for ASC X12 transaction set 3070 820E Payment Order/Remittance Advice (Electronic Federal Tax System) is 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 FFWG@edi.oti.disa.mil and jp.favreau@nist.gov. The public comment period closes January 16, 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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