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**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]{.underline}**   **[BOC]{.underline}**   **[LOCATION]{.underline}**   **[FCC
                                                                                CONTACT]{.underline}**

                                                                                

  September 7              SBC/SWBT                Oklahoma City, OK[^1]        John Stanley (202)
                                                                                418-1496

                                                                                

  September 8              SBC/SWBT                Kansas City, MO[^2]          John Stanley (202)
                                                                                418-1496

                                                                                

  September 13             Verizon                 Harrisburg, PA[^3]           Johanna Mikes (202)
                                                                                418-1535

                                                                                

  September 15             Verizon                 Boston, MA[^4]               Eric Einhorn (202)
                                                                                418-1587

                                                                                

  September 22             SBC/ Pacific Bell       San Francisco, CA[^5]        Claire Blue (202)
                                                                                418-1369

                                                                                

  September 28 & 29        BellSouth               Orlando, FL[^6]              Jessica Rosenworcel
                                                                                (202) 418-2764

                                                                                

  TBD                      SBC/ Ameritech          Chicago, IL[^7]              Jon Reel (202) 418-0637

                                                                                

  October 24               Qwest                   Denver, CO[^8]               Julie Patterson (202)
                                                                                418-1381
  ------------------------ ----------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------

For further information, contact the FCC representatives listed above.

-FCC-

[^1]: The Oklahoma City, OK meeting will be held at Oklahoma Public
    Service Commission, 2101 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK, Room
    580. Competitive carriers and other interested parties should call
    the FCC contact listed above for details regarding the session with
    Bureau representatives.

[^2]: The Kansas City, MO meeting will be held at the National Weather
    Service (NWS) Training Center, 7220 NW 101^st^ Terrace, Kansas City,
    MO (near the KCI Airport). Competitive carriers and other interested
    parties should call the FCC contact listed above for details
    regarding the session with Bureau representatives.

[^3]: The Harrisburg, PA meeting will be held at the Pennsylvania Public
    Utility Commission, North Office Building, North Street and
    Commonwealth Avenue, Harrisburg, PA. Competitive carriers and other
    interested parties should call the FCC contact listed above for
    details regarding the session with Bureau representatives.

[^4]: The Boston, MA meeting will be held at the Massachusetts
    Department of Telecommunications, One South Station, Boston, MA.
    Competitive carriers and other interested parties should call the
    FCC contact listed above for details regarding the session with
    Bureau representatives.

[^5]: The San Francisco, CA meeting will be held at the California
    Public Utility Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA
    94102. Competitive carriers and other interested parties should call
    the FCC contact listed above for details regarding the session with
    Bureau representatives.

[^6]: The Orlando, FL meeting will be held at the Florida Public Service
    Commission, Regional Office, 400 West Robinson Street, Orlando, FL,
    South Tower, Room D. The separate session for competitive carriers
    and other interested parties will be held on September 28, and
    competitive carriers and other interested parties should call the
    FCC contact listed above for further details.

[^7]: The Chicago, IL meeting will be held at the time of the ARRC
    October Meeting, on a date to be determined, and will be held at the
    Illinois Commerce Commission, 120 N. LaSalle, Suite C 800, Chicago,
    IL. Competitive carriers and other interested parties should call
    the FCC contact listed above for details regarding these sessions.

[^8]: The Denver, CO meeting will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel in
    Denver. Competitive carriers and other interested parties should
    call the FCC contact listed above for details regarding the session
    with Bureau representatives.