FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             2000-150


         SEC Releases Full Agenda and Panelists for
          Second Annual Municipal Market Roundtable
                "Bonds in the New Millennium"

     Washington, DC, October 4, 2000 - The Securities and
Exchange Commission today released the full agenda and
panelists for the second annual Municipal Market Roundtable
that it will host on Thursday, October 12, 2000.  The
roundtable will be held in the William O. Douglas Room at
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, DC.  The event is open to the
public and free of charge.  Seating will be on a first come,
first serve basis.  For additional information, please call
the Office of Municipal Securities at (202) 942-7300.

     The roundtable will provide a forum for all municipal
market participants, including issuers, underwriters, bond
counsel, financial advisors, scholars, investors and
regulators to explore current issues in disclosure and other
practices in the municipal marketplace.

                              
                           Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.    ARRIVAL

9:00 - 9:10 a.m.    Welcome
               Martha Mahan Haines
               Attorney-Fellow
               SEC - Office of Municipal Securities

9:10 - 9:30 a.m.    Opening Remarks
                      Paul S. Maco
               Director
               SEC - Office of Municipal Securities

9:30 - 10:00 a.m.   Keynote Address
               James A. Lebenthal
               Chairman
               Lebenthal & Co.

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.  BREAK



10:15 - 11:45 a.m.  PANEL I:  Current Disclosure Issues in
               the Primary and Secondary Markets

               Moderator
               Martha Mahan Haines
               Attorney-Fellow
               SEC - Office of Municipal Securities

               Panelists
               
               David Fredrickson
               Assistant General Counsel
               SEC - Office of the General Counsel
               
               BOND LAWYER
               Andrew R. Kintzinger
               Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

               Robert Donovan
               Executive Director
               Rhode Island Health & Educational Bldg.
Authority

               UNDERWRITER
               Robert E. Foran
               Senior Managing Director
               Bear, Stearns & Co.
               
               TRUSTEE
               Mark Brown
               Vice President
               Bank of New York
               
               CONDUIT BORROWER
               Denny Drake
               General Counsel
               Iowa Health System
               
               INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
               Rafael Costas
               Senior Vice President
               Franklin Templeton Investments

               INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR
               Helen Gee
               President, Metropolitan Washington Chapter
               American Association of Individual Investors
               
11:45 - 1:30 p.m.   LUNCH BREAK
               (Attendees and Panelists are free to make
          their own arrangements)
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.    PANEL II: Use of Electronic Media

               Moderator
               Catherine McGuire
               Associate Director
               SEC - Division of Market Regulation
               
               Panelists
               Stephen J. Weinstein
               Attorney-Fellow
               SEC - Office of Municipal Securities

               Amy Starr
               Special Counsel
               SEC - Division of Corporation Finance

               ISSUER
               Jeffrey S. Green
               General Counsel
               The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
               
               UNDERWRITER
               Roger G. Hayes
               Managing Director
               Banc of America Securities
               
               BOND LAWYER
               Ursula H. Hyman
               Partner
               Latham & Watkins
               
               INTERNET WEBSITE OPERATOR
               Bradley Wendt
               President
               BondDesk.com
               
               INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
               Joseph P. Deane
               Managing Director
               Solomon Smith Barney
               
               INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR
               Dr. Harold P. Wittman
               Board of Directors, Metropolitan Washington
Chapter
               American Association of Individual Investors

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.    BREAK


3:15 - 4:45 p.m.    PANEL III:     Current Issues Related to
MSBB Rules

               Moderator
               Mary N. Simpkins
               Senior Special Counsel
               SEC - Office of Municipal Securities

               Panelists
               Mark Zehner
               Regional Municipal Securities Counsel
               SEC - Philadelphia District Office

               UNDERWRITER
               Peter Hill
               Managing Director
               JP Morgan
               
               FINANCIAL ADVISORS
               Phyllis Currie
               President
               Phyllis Currie Consulting
               
               Robert W. Doty
               President
               American Government Financial Services
               
               BOND LAWYER
               Neil P. Arkuss
               Palmer & Dodge LLP
               
               INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
               Leslie Richards-Yellen
               Principal and Associate Counsel
               The Vanguard Group
               
               NASD
               Malcolm Northam
                      Director
               National Association of Securities Dealers

4:45 - 5:00 p.m.    Closing Remarks
               Stephen J. Weinstein
               Attorney-Fellow
               SEC - Office of Municipal Securities
                              
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