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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  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  05-  3073  November  28,  2005 
 WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  GRANTS  MOTION  FOR  EXTENSION  OF  TIME  TO  FILE  OPPOSITION  TO  REQUEST  FOR  STAY  IN  THE  COMMUNICATIONS  ASSISTANCE 
 FOR  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  ACT  AND  BROADBAND  ACCESS  AND  SERVICES  PROCEEDING 
 ET  DOCKET  NO.  04-  295 
 On  November  25,  2005,  the  United  States  Department  of  Justice  (DOJ)  filed  a  motion,  pursuant  to  section  1.46(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  1  to  extend  the  deadline  for  responding  to  a  pending  request 
 for  stay  of  the  Commission’s  First  Report  and  Order  in  the  Communications  Assistance  for  Law  Enforcement  Act  and  Broadband  Access  and  Services  proceeding.  2  DOJ  seeks  a  two-  day  extension  of  the 
 November  30,  2005  deadline  for  filing  oppositions,  to  take  into  account  that  the  seven-  day  period  for  responding  to  the  request  for  stay  includes  the  Thanksgiving  holiday  and  the  following  Friday. 


 Motions  for  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted.  3  Nevertheless,  we  do  occasionally  grant  limited  extensions  of  time  when  we  find  that  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  doing  so.  In  this  case, 
 we  believe  that  granting  DOJ’s  motion  is  in  the  public  interest.  Given  that  the  Thanksgiving  holiday  effectively  shortened  the  normal  time  for  responding  to  the  request  for  stay,  that  the  requested  extension 
 will  not  interfere  with  the  Commission’s  ability  to  respond  to  the  request  for  stay,  and  that  the  parties  who  filed  the  request  for  stay  do  not  oppose  DOJ’s  motion,  we  find  that  a  modest  extension  of  two  days  is 
 appropriate.  Parties  therefore  have  until  December  2,  2005  to  file  oppositions  to  the  request  for  stay. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Carol  Simpson,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  2391. 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  b). 
 2  See  United  States  Department  of  Justice,  Unopposed  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  to  File  Opposition  to  Stay 
 Request,  ET  Docket  No.  04-  295  (filed  Nov.  25,  2005);  Center  for  Democracy  &  Technology,  et  al.,  Request  for  Stay  Pending  Issuance  of  Subsequent  Orders  and  for  Stay  Pending  Judicial  Review,  ET  Docket  No.  04-  295  (filed  Nov. 


 23,  2005);  Communications  Assistance  for  Law  Enforcement  Act  and  Broadband  Access  and  Services,  ET  Docket  No.  04-  295,  First  Report  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  20  FCC  Rcd  14989  (2005). 


 3  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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