FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             2000-174
                              
         One-Day Shutdown of the EDGAR Filing System
                              

     Washington, D.C., November 17, 2000 - In order to
remind the public of the one-day shutdown of EDGAR
operations on November 24, 2000, the day following the
Thanksgiving Day holiday, the Commission is again publishing
the following information.

WHAT AND WHEN?

We will shut down our EDGAR system for one day on Friday,
November 24, 2000.  We will not receive or disseminate
electronic filings that day.  We will reopen the EDGAR
system for business as usual at 8:00 am on Monday, November
27, 2000.

WHY?

We are shutting EDGAR down for one day to allow us
sufficient time to make a major upgrade to the internal
portion of the EDGAR system, completing EDGAR's transition
to the Internet.

HOW WILL THIS AFFECT US?

Since the day after Thanksgiving historically has had the
fewest filings of any day in the year, we anticipate that
this one-day shutdown will have a minimum impact on the
filing community and disseminators.  Other than the
temporary shutdown, the internal upgrade will not affect
filers and disseminators.

WHAT IF MY EDGAR FILING IS DUE ON NOVEMBER 24, 2000?

      The EDGAR system will neither accept nor disseminate
     filings on November 24, 2000.

      Filings submitted and accepted after 5:30 p.m. on
     Wednesday, November 22, 2000, will receive a filing date of
     Friday, November 24, 2000 (unless they are one of the
     special submission types that receive the same day's filing
     date).

       We encourage filers with filings that would be due on
     Friday, November 24, 2000, to submit these filings on
     Wednesday, November 22, 2000.

      We will deem filings with due dates of November 24,
     2000, to be timely filed if filers submit them and EDGAR
     accepts them on or before 5:30 p.m. EST on Monday, November
     27, 2000.

      We also encourage filers who might otherwise make time-
     sensitive filings on Friday, November 24, 2000, to submit
     those filings on Wednesday, November 22, 2000, if possible.
     The staff, however, in appropriate circumstances and upon
     written request, will change filing dates to November 24,
     2000 for filings made on or before 5:30 p.m. EST on Monday,
     November 27, 2000.

WHAT IF I HAVE A PAPER FILING DUE NOVEMBER 24, 2000?

      The filing desk will remain open on Friday, November
     24, 2000, to accept filings that are permitted to be made in
     paper.  This includes filings made under EDGAR hardship
     exemptions.

      Our filing desk will NOT accept filings in paper that
     we require filers to submit electronically.

CAN I USE THE EDGAR FILING WEBSITE?

We will keep our EDGAR filing website
(https://www.edgarfiling.sec.gov) open on Friday, November
24, 2000, for limited use.  You will not be able to use the
site to make filings or to change your company information
that day, but you may use it for other purposes, such as to
construct filings and to check the status of previously
submitted filings.

WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC REFERENCE ROOM AND EDGAR DATABASE ON
THE SEC'S WEBSITE?

      We will keep our Public Reference Room OPEN during
     normal business hours on Friday, November 24, 2000.

      You will be able to use the database of EDGAR filings
     on our website at http://www.sec.gov on November 24, 2000.
     But we will NOT update our database that day.  On Monday,
     November 27, 2000, we will update our website database to
     post EDGAR filings made on Wednesday, November 22, 2000.
  
WHAT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions about this one-day EDGAR shutdown,
please contact Filer Support at 202-942-8900.

If you need to make a time-sensitive filing on Friday,
November 24, 2000, please call the appropriate number listed
below:

For filings reviewed by the
Division of Corporation
Finance:

For investment company
filings:

For public utility company
filings:
     
     202-942-2940
     
     
     202-942-0978
     
     202-942-0558
     
     
     
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