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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 445  -  12th  Street,  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  DA  00-  754 
 News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 Released:  April  5,  2000 


 COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  A  SERIES  OF  WORKSHOPS  FOR 
 PHASE  2  OF  THE  COMPREHENSIVE  REVIEW  OF 
 ACCOUNTING  AND  REPORTING  REQUIREMENTS 


 The  Common  Carrier  Bureau  announces  that  it  will  hold  a  series  of  public  workshops  to  solicit  ideas  on  reform  initiatives  that  can  be  undertaken  in  Phase  2  of  its 
 two-  phase  comprehensive  review  of  the  Commission's  accounting  rules  and  the  reporting  requirements  of  the  Automated  Reporting  Management  Information  System 
 (ARMIS)  for  common  carriers.  The  goal  of  Phase  2  is  to  further  examine  the  current  accounting  and  reporting  structure  and  address  long-  term  changes  needed  as  local 
 exchange  markets  become  competitive,  and  to  assess  what,  if  any,  interim  measures  should  be  made  as  competitive  milestones  are  reached. 


 At  the  public  workshops,  interested  participants,  including  state,  consumer,  community,  and  industry  representatives,  will  be  given  an  opportunity  to  present  their 
 ideas  on  ways  to  achieve  the  goals  in  Phase  2.  The  first  workshop  will  be  held  at  the  Commission’s  Portals  location,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.,  in  Room  7B-516, 
 beginning  at  2:  00  p.  m.  All  other  workshops  will  be  held  in  Room  8-  C245  (Conference  Room  #1)  and  will  begin  at  2:  00  p.  m. 


 The  dates  and  agenda  for  the  public  workshops  for  Phase  2  are  as  follows: 
 April  11,  2000:  Part  32  Chart  of  Accounts. 
 April  18,  2000:  Affiliate  Transaction  Rules  and  Part  64  Issues. 
 April  26,  2000:  Reporting  requirements  for  financial  reports  -  ARMIS  43-  01  (Annual  Summary  Report),  ARMIS  43-  02  (USOA  Report),  ARMIS 
 43-  03  (Joint  Cost  Report)  and  ARMIS  43-  04  (Access  Report). 
 May  9,  2000:  Reporting  requirements  for  non-  financial  reports  -  ARMIS  43-  05  (Service  Quality  Report),  ARMIS  43-  06  (Customer  Satisfaction 
 Report),  43-  07  (Infrastructure  Report)  and  ARMIS  43-  08  (Operating  Data  Report). 
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 For  purposes  of  the  workshops,  and  to  accommodate  the  ex  parte  requirements  in  any  related  proceedings,  we  request  that  parties  making  oral  presentations  submit  a 
 summary  of  the  substance  of  the  presentations  (not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects  discussed)  and  any  written  presentations  to  Ms.  Debbie  Byrd,  Accounting  Safeguards 
 Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  FCC  Room  6-  C316,  445  Twelfth  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20054.  Copies  of  the  participants’  presentations  will  be  placed  in  the 
 record  of  appropriate  proceedings. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Tim  Peterson  at  (202)  418-  1575  (voice)  or  JoAnn  Lucanik  at  (202)  418-  0873  (voice),  (202)  418-  0484  (TTY). 
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