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PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION       News media information 202/418-0500
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                                                     DA 00-2033

                                   Released:  September 1, 2000

  COMMON CARRIER BUREAU TO CONDUCT REGIONAL MEETINGS
    TO ADDRESS SECTION 271 PROCEEDINGS WITH STATE
   COMMISSIONS, BELL OPERATING COMPANIES, AND OTHER
                  INTERESTED PARTIES
                                

Throughout September and October, the Common Carrier Bureau will conduct a series of
regional meetings with State public utility commissioners and their staff to address issues raised
in state and federal proceedings reviewing Bell Operating Company applications for authority to
provide in-region, interLATA services pursuant to section 271 of the Telecommunications Act of
1996.  Bureau staff will travel to the various Bell Operating Company (BOC) regions to conduct
these meetings, which will be attended by State commissioners, their staff, and, in some cases,
representatives from the Department of Justice.  

As detailed in the schedule set forth below, at least one section 271 meeting will be
conducted in each BOC region.  State commissioners and commission staff from an entire BOC
region are invited to attend the meeting or meetings held within that region.  In addition to
holding meetings with State commissions, the Bureau will conduct two additional, separate
sessions, one with competitive carriers and other interested parties and another with the Bell
Operating Companies.  In most cases these meetings will be held on the same day as the State
commission meeting.  Parties may contact the appropriate Bureau FCC contact (listed in the
following schedule) regarding any details of the particular meetings that do not appear on the
following schedule, including the time and location of particular sessions. 



DATE
BOC
LOCATION
FCC CONTACT








September 7
SBC/SWBT
Oklahoma City, OK
John Stanley       
(202) 418-1496








September 8
SBC/SWBT
Kansas City, MO
John Stanley       
(202) 418-1496








September 13
Verizon
Harrisburg, PA
Johanna Mikes    
(202) 418-1535








September 15
Verizon
Boston, MA
Eric Einhorn       
(202) 418-1587








September 22
SBC/   
Pacific Bell
San Francisco, CA
Claire Blue         
(202) 418-1369








September 28 & 29
BellSouth
Orlando, FL
Jessica Rosenworcel
(202) 418-2764








TBD
SBC/
Ameritech
Chicago, IL
Jon Reel             
(202) 418-0637








October 24
Qwest
Denver, CO
Julie Patterson    
(202) 418-1381


For further information, contact the FCC representatives listed above.


                             -FCC-