*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 5011.doc* 1 PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 DA 00- 2625 PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON AMIGO. NET’S PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING CC Docket No. 00- 220 Released: November 20, 2000 On July 5, 2000, Amigo. Net filed a pleading styled as a “Petition of Amigo. Net for Declaratory Ruling Regarding the Effect of Sections 253 and 257 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on an Agreement for Multi- Use Network: Infrastructure Development, Statewide Telecommunications Service Aggregation, and Network Management.” Amigo. Net asks that the Commission issue a declaratory ruling finding that a contract between the Colorado State Department of Personnel, General Support Services, Telecommunications Services, Colorado Information Technology Services and U S West (now Qwest), and the state process that led to the contract, are inconsistent with sections 253 and 257( b) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Interested parties may file comments regarding the Amigo. Net petition no later than December 4, 2000, with Magalie Roman Salas, Office of the Secretary, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room TW- B204, Washington, DC 20554. Oppositions or responses to these comments may be filed with the Secretary, FCC no later than December 11, 2000. All pleadings are to reference CC Docket No. 00- 220. Interested parties should file an original and seven copies of all pleadings. An additional copy of all pleadings must be sent to Janice M. Myles, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 5- C327, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554, and to the Commission’s contractor for public services records duplication, International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS), 445 12 th Street, SW, Room CY- B402, Washington, DC 20554. The Amigo. Net petition is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC’s Reference Center, Room CY- A257, and 445 12th Street, SW, TW- A325, Washington, DC 20554. Copies also can be obtained from ITS at 445 12 th Street, SW, Room CY- B402, Washington, DC 20554 or by calling ITS at (202) 857- 3800 or faxing ITS at (202) 857- 3805. Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to http:// www. fcc. gov/ e- file/ efcs. html. Generally, only one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, however, commenters must transmit one electronic copy of the comments for each docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, commenters should include their full name, Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet e- mail. To get filing instructions for e- mail comments, commenters should send an e- mail to efcs@ fcc. gov, and should include the following words in the body of the message, “get form