**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

In the Matter of )

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######### Federal-State Joint Conference on ) CC Docket No. 99-294

Advanced Telecommunications Services )

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# ORDER

**Adopted:** December 1, 1999 **Released:** December 2, 1999

By the Commission:

1.  Pursuant to section 410(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, 47
    U.S.C. § 410(b), the Commission appoints Regulatory Commission of
    Alaska Chair G. Nanette Thompson; Louisiana Public Service
    Commission Commissioner Irma Muse Dixon; North Carolina Utilities
    Commission Chair Jo Anne Sanford; Wyoming Public Service Commission
    Deputy Chair Steve Furtney and Public Utility Commission of Texas
    Commissioner Brett Perlman to serve on the Federal-State Joint
    Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services (Joint
    Conference.) The Commission also appoints Montana Public Service
    Commission Commissioner Bob Rowe as a non-voting member of the Joint
    Conference.

2.  The state commissioners named above are appointed to the Joint
    Conference, joining the already-named FCC Joint Conference members:
    Chairman William E. Kennard, Commissioner Susan Ness, Commissioner
    Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Commissioner Michael Powell and Commissioner
    Gloria Tristani.

3.  Henceforth, a copy of all filings in this proceeding shall be served
    on each member of the Joint Conference at the following addresses:

    The Honorable William E. Kennard, FCC Chairman

    Chair of the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced
    Telecommunications Services

    FCC

    445 12^th^ Street, SW

    Washington, DC 20554

    The Honorable Susan Ness, Commissioner

    FCC

    445 12^th^ Street, SW

    Washington, DC 20554

    The Honorable Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Commissioner

    FCC

    445 12^th^ Street, SW

    Washington, DC 20554

    The Honorable Michael Powell, Commissioner

    FCC

    445 12^th^ Street, SW

    Washington, DC 20554

    The Honorable Gloria Tristani, Commissioner

    FCC

    445 12^th^ Street, SW

    Washington, DC 20554

    The Honorable G. Nanette Thompson, Chair

    Regulatory Commission of Alaska

    1016 West Sixth Avenue, Suites 300 and 400

    Anchorage, Alaska.

    The Honorable Irma Muse Dixon, Commissioner

    Louisiana Public Service Commission

    Office of the Commissioner

    District 3 - New Orleans

    1600 Canal Street

    Suite 1400

    New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

    The Honorable Jo Anne Sanford, Chair

    North Carolina Utilities Commission

    430 North Salisbury Street

    Dobbs Building

    PO Box 29510

    Raleigh, NC 27626-0510

    The Honorable Steve Furtney, Deputy Chair

    Wyoming Public Service Commission

    Hansen Building

    2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300

    Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002

    The Honorable Brett Perlman, Commissioner

    Public Utility Commission of Texas

    1701 N. Congress Avenue

    PO Box 13326

    Austin, TX 78711-3326

    The Honorable Bob Rowe, Commissioner

    Montana Public Service Commission

    1701 Prospect Avenue

    P.O. Box 202601

    Helena, MT 59620-2601

4\. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j) and
410(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§
154(i), 154(j) & 410(b), and on the recommendation of the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, the Honorable G.
Nanette Thompson, Chair of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; the
Honorable Irma Muse Dixon, Commissioner of the Louisiana Public Service
Commission; the Honorable Jo Anne Sanford, Chair of the North Carolina
Utilities Commission; the Honorable Steve Furtney, Deputy Chair of the
Wyoming Public Service Commission; and the Honorable Brett Perlman,
Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas are appointed to
the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications
Services.

5\. IT IS ALSO ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j) and 410(b)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i),
154(j) & 410(b), the Honorable Bob Rowe, Commissioner of the Montana
Public Service Commission, is appointed as a non-voting member of the
Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Magalie Roman Salas

Secretary