NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards)

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Doc. No.: PR/97-123
Reply to: Barbara Bennett at bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us

NCITS Announces the Public Comment Period for NCITS 313:199x,
PIN PAD Specification (Revision of X3.118:1984)

Washington D.C., September 1997 - NCITS (National Committee for Information Technology Standards) is announcing the public comment period for NCITS 313:199x. Development of this draft standard is being done in NCITS Technical Committee B10, Identification Cards and Related Devices.

The public review extends from October 24, 1997 to December 23, 1997.

The scope of this American National Standard identifies the fixed arrangements of the alphanumeric characters and keys of a PIN pad. The PIN pad is used by a customer to enter a Personal Identification Number (PIN) when requested as part of a transaction.

Submit all comments to: NCITS Secretariat, Attn.: Barbara Bennett, 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, Email: bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us. Send a copy to: ANSI, Attn.: BSR Center, 11 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036 (wluk@ansi.org).

A call for possible patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is also being issued. Please submit information on these issues to the NCITS Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC 20005. Email: NCITS @itic.nw.dc.us

Copies of NCITS 313:199x can be purchased from Global Engineering Documents, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80112- 5704. 1-800-854-7179 or 303-792-2181.


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