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                                   Before the
                         Federal Communications Commission
                             Washington, D.C. 20554
  
  
  In the Matter of                      )
                                        )
  Federal-State Joint Conference on      )          CC Docket No. 99-294
  Advanced Telecommunications Services         )
                                        )
                                        
  
                           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 12th Street, SW
            Washington, DC 20554
       
            
                   The Honorable Susan Ness, Commissioner
            FCC
            445 12th Street, SW
            Washington, DC 20554
       
            The Honorable Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Commissioner
            FCC
            445 12th Street, SW
            Washington, DC 20554
       
            The Honorable Michael Powell, Commissioner
            FCC
            445 12th Street, SW
            Washington, DC 20554
       
            The Honorable Gloria Tristani, Commissioner
            FCC
            445 12th 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