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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 News  Media  Contact:  Rosemary  Kimball  at  202/  418-  0511 
 e-  mail:  Rosemary.  Kimball@  fcc.  gov 
 DA  03-  2358  Released:  July  17,  2003 


 CONSUMER  &  GOVERNMENTAL  AFFAIRS  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  RULES  ADOPTED  IN 
 SLAMMING  THIRD  ORDER  ON  RECONSIDERATION 
 Rules  are  Effective  on  July  16,  2003 
 CC  Docket  No.  94-  129 
 The  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  announces  that  the  requirements  the  Commission  adopted  in  its  Third  Order  on  Reconsideration  (Reconsideration  Order)  in  the 
 slamming  proceeding,  Implementation  of  the  Subscriber  Carrier  Selection  Changes  Provisions  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996,  Policies  and  Rules  Concerning  Unauthorized  Changes  of  Consumers  Long 
 Distance  Carriers,  CC  Docket  No.  94-  129,  FCC  03-  42  (rel.  March  17,  2003)  and  clarified  in  a  subsequent  Order,  CC  Docket  No.  94-  129,  FCC  03-  116  (rel.  May  23,  2003),  are  effective  on  July  16,  2003. 


 The  Commission’s  slamming  rules  are  designed  to  improve  the  carrier  change  process  for  consumers  and  carriers  while  making  it  more  difficult  for  unscrupulous  carriers  to  perpetrate  slams.  The  following  modifications  adopted 
 in  the  Commission’s  Reconsideration  Order  contained  information  collections:  47  CFR  Sections  64.1120(  c)(  3)(  iii),  64.1130(  j),  64.1150(  b),  64.1160(  g),  64.1170(  g),  64.1180,  requirements  concerning  local 
 exchange  carrier  verification  of  in-  bound  carrier  changes,  and  certifications  to  exempt  carriers  from  the  drop-  off  requirement.  A  summary  of  the  Reconsideration  Order  was  published  at  68  FR  19152  (April  18,  2003)  and  was 
 clarified  at  68  FR  40184  (July  7,  2003).  The  information  collections  contained  in  the  Reconsideration  Order  were  approved  by  the  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  (OMB)  on  July  1,  2003.  OMB  Control  Number  3060- 
 0787.  Notice  of  the  effective  date  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register  at  68  FR  41942  (July  16,  2003). 
 For  further  information  contact:  Perlesta  Hollingsworth,  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  202-  418-  2512  (voice)  or  Perlesta.  Hollingsworth@  fcc.  gov  (e-  mail). 
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