{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-400.209","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 400.209","heading":"Electronic transmission and receiving system.","body":"Any Contractor under the Contract is required to:\n(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;\n(b) Maintain an electronic system which must be tested and approved by the Corporation;\n(c) Maintain Corporation approval of the electronic system as a condition to the electronic transmission and reception of data by the Contractor;\n(d) Utilize the Corporation approved automated data processing and electronic data transmission capabilities to process crop insurance documents as required herein; and\n(e) Establish and maintain the electronic equipment and computer software program capability to:\n(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);\n(2) Enter and store information from original crop insurance documents into electronic format;\n(3) Verify electronically stored information recorded from crop insurance documents with electronically stored actuarial information;\n(4) Compute and print the data elements in the Summary of Protection;\n(5) Transmit crop insurance data electronically, via 3780 protocol utilizing a BELL 208B or compatible modem at 4800 bps;\n(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\n(7) Store backup data and physical documents.\n(The Corporation may approve other compatible specifications if accepted by the Corporation and if requested by the Contractor)","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER IV—FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 400—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS","Subpart M—Agency Sales and Service Contract—Standards for Approval"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"5f8aa4efbb2d21140e1ea0b950227cc3f2b14907ed50da4be17fe0695b15f6bd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-400.208","next":"us/7-cfr-400.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}