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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-  3147  December  6,  2005 
 WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  GRANTS  MOTION  FOR  EXTENSION  OF  TIME  TO  FILE  REPLY  COMMENTS  IN  THE  COMMUNICATIONS  ASSISTANCE  FOR  LAW 
 ENFORCEMENT  ACT  AND  BROADBAND  ACCESS  AND  SERVICES  PROCEEDING 
 ET  DOCKET  NO.  04-  295 
 On  December  5,  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  filing  reply  comments  in  response 
 to  the  Commission’s  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  the  Communications  Assistance  for  Law  Enforcement  Act  and  Broadband  Access  and  Services  proceeding.  2  DOJ  asks  the  Commission  to  extend 
 the  current  December  12,  2005  deadline  until  December  21,  2005. 
 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  because  all  interested  parties  will  benefit  equally  from  an  extension  of  the  reply  comment  deadline,  and  because  extending  the  deadline  will  allow 
 the  Commission  to  obtain  a  more  complete  and  well-  developed  record.  Parties  therefore  have  until  December  21,  2005  to  file  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Carol  Simpson,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  2391. 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  b). 
 2  See  United  States  Department  of  Justice,  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  to  File  Reply  Comments,  ET  Docket  No. 
 04-  295  (filed  Dec.  5,  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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