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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  2015 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Review  of  the  Commission’s  Broadcast  and  Cable 
 Equal  Employment  Opportunity  Rules  and  Policies 


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 MM  Docket  No.  98-  204 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  July  1,  2004  Released:  July  2,  2004 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  June  30,  2004,  the  National  Organization  for  Women  and  four  other  groups  (“  NOW”)  jointly  filed  a  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time.  NOW  seeks  an  extension  of  the  deadline  for  filing 
 comments  and  reply  comments  responsive  to  in  this  proceeding.  Comments  and  reply  comments  are  currently  due  on  July  14,  2004,  and  July  26,  2004,  respectively.  NOW  requests  an  extension  of  the 
 deadlines  for  filing  comments  and  reply  comments  for  two  weeks  until  July  29,  2004,  and  August  9,  2004,  respectively. 


 2.  NOW  states  that  the  additional  time  is  necessary  to  enable  it  to  devote  adequate  time  and  resources  to  this  proceeding.  In  addition,  NOW  states  that  it  also  needs  time  to  permit  various  interested 
 parties  to  work  together  to  formulate  an  approach  that  may  successfully  resolve  the  issue  in  this  proceeding. 


 3.  We  find  that  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  granting  the  requested  extension  of  the  comments  and  reply  comments  deadlines.  The  brief  extension  requested  will  enable  NOW  and  other 
 parties  to  prepare  comprehensive  comments  and  replies  that  will  help  the  Commission  in  its  decision-making  and  help  resolve  the  complex  and  significant  public  policy  issues  raised  in  this  proceeding. 


 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  NOW’s  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  is  GRANTED. 
 5.  IT  IS  FURTHERED  ORDERED  that  the  comment  and  reply  comment  deadlines  in  this  proceeding  are  EXTENDED  to  July  29,  2004,  and  August  9,  2004,  respectively,  for  all  parties. 
 6.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  delegated  authority  under  Section  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.  283. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 William  H.  Johnson  Deputy  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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