Section 400.209 - Electronic transmission and receiving systemAny Contractor under the Contract is required to:
(a) Adopt a plan for the purpose of transmitting and receiving electronically, information to and from the Corporation concerning the original executed crop insurance documents;(b) Maintain an electronic system which must be tested and approved by the Corporation;(c) Maintain Corporation approval of the electronic system as a condition to the electronic transmission and reception of data by the Contractor;(d) Utilize the Corporation approved automated data processing and electronic data transmission capabilities to process crop insurance documents as required herein; and(e) Establish and maintain the electronic equipment and computer software program capability to: (1) Receive and store actuarial data electronically via telecommunications utilizing 3780 protocol and utilizing a BELL 208B or compatible modem at 4800 bits per second (bps);(2) Enter and store information from original crop insurance documents into electronic format;(3) Verify electronically stored information recorded from crop insurance documents with electronically stored actuarial information;(4) Compute and print the data elements in the Summary of Protection;(5) Transmit crop insurance data electronically, via 3780 protocol utilizing a BELL 208B or compatible modem at 4800 bps;(6) Receive electronic acknowledgements, error messages, and other data via 3780 protocol utilizing a BELL 208B or compatible modem at 4800 bps, and relate error messages to original crop insurance documents; and(7) Store backup data and physical documents. (The Corporation may approve other compatible specifications if accepted by the Corporation and if requested by the Contractor)