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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  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 
 DA  03-  618 
 Released:  March  3,  2003 


 Wireline  Competition  Bureau  Initiates 
 Electronic  Filing  of  Automated  Reporting  Management  Information  System  (ARMIS) 
 Data  and  Associated  Documents  By  Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carriers 


 The  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  (WCB)  is  announcing  the  initiation  of  its  Electronic  ARMIS  Filing  System  (EAFS)  effective  April  1,  2003.  1  The  new  system  will  enable  those  Incumbent  Local 
 Exchange  Carriers  (ILECs)  that  are  subject  to  ARMIS  reporting  requirements  to  file  ARMIS  data  and  associated  documents  electronically  over  the  Internet.  Associated  documents  include  transmittal  letters, 
 certification  statements  and  other  supporting  material.  In  addition,  EAFS  will  enable  interested  parties  with  access  to  browser  software  and  ISP  service  to  download  ARMIS  data  at  any  time,  in  a  variety  of 
 ways.  Initiation  of  EAFS  will  eliminate  the  need  for  paper  and  computer  diskette  filings  for  the  10  ARMIS  reports. 


 On  March  13,  2003,  the  WCB  invites  the  public  to  a  demonstration  of  EAFS  features  and  various  methods  available  for  downloading  ARMIS  data  from  EAFS.  The  demo  will  begin  at  10:  00  a.  m.  and  run 
 throughout  the  day  until  3:  00  p.  m.  in  Room  TWC-  438.  A  Getting  Started  booklet  for  EAFS  will  be  available  at  the  demo.  Once  the  system  is  in  operation,  the  booklet  will  be  available  from  the  EAFS 
 Home  Page,  as  well  as  from  the  Commission’s  commercial  copy  contractor,  Qualex  International,  Portals  II,  445  Twelfth  Street,  SW,  Room  CY-  B402,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554,  (202)  863-  2893. 


 Mandatory  electronic  filing  by  the  ILECs  that  report  ARMIS  data  will  begin  on  April  1,  2003.  At  that  time  EAFS  will  be  accessible  from  the  Commission’s  web  site  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  wcb/  eafs/. 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Barbara  Van  Hagen,  Industry  Analysis  and  Technology  Division,  WCB,  at  (202)  418-  0840  (voice),  (202)  418-  0484  (TTY),  or  e-  mail  to  armis-  hp@  fcc.  gov. 


 1  See  Report  and  Order  in  CC  Docket  No.  98-  117,  Fifth  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  in  AAD  File 
 No.  98-  43,  14  FCC  Rcd  at  11453-  54,  paras.  18-  20  (1999). 
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