FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                     2000-31

Washington, DC, March 14, 2000

                   Event and Briefing Advisory
                                
        SEC Chairman Levitt to Deliver Policy Address at
                     Northwestern University
                                
            Staff To Conduct Teleconference Briefing

        What:      Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman
                   Arthur Levitt will deliver an address on
                   current developments in the U.S. capital
                   markets.
                   
        When:      Thursday, March 16, 2000, 5:00 p.m. CST
                   
        Where:     Northwestern University School of Law
                   357 East Chicago Avenue
                   Lincoln Hall, First Floor
                   Chicago, IL
                   
        On-site    Mary Jane Twohey: (847) 491-4889
        contacts:  Chuck Loebbaka: (847) 491-4887
                   


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Teleconference 
Briefing:
               
What:          SEC staff will conduct a teleconference media
               briefing to discuss the speech.
               
When:          Thursday, March 16, 2000; 10:30 a.m. EST
               
How:           Please call (202) 942-0020 for the teleconference
               number.
               
Other:         The speech will be available after the briefing,
               embargoed until 4:00 p.m. EST.
               
Other:         Credentialed media only.


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