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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  06-  600  March  16,  2006 
 COMMENT  AND  REPLY  COMMENT  DATES  ESTABLISHED  FOR  NOTICE  OF  PROPOSED  RULEMAKING  IN  COMMISSION'S  CUSTOMER  PROPRIETARY  NETWORK 
 INFORMATION  PROCEEDING 
 CC  DOCKET  NO.  96-  115 
 Comments  Due:  April  14,  2006  Reply  Comments  Due:  May  15,  2006 


 On  February  14,  2006,  the  Commission  released  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  CC  Docket  No.  96-  115  (NPRM).  1  In  the  NPRM,  the  Commission  sought  comment  on  what  additional  steps, 
 if  any,  the  Commission  should  take  to  further  protect  the  privacy  of  customer  proprietary  network  information  that  is  collected  and  held  by  telecommunications  carriers.  A  summary  of  the  NPRM  was 
 published  in  the  Federal  Register  on  March  15,  2006,  triggering  the  cycle  for  comments  and  reply  comments.  2 


 This  matter  shall  be  treated  as  a  “permit-  but-  disclose”  proceeding  in  accordance  with  the  Commission’s  ex  parte  rules.  Persons  making  oral  ex  parte  presentations  are  reminded  that  memoranda 
 summarizing  the  presentations  must  contain  summaries  of  the  substance  of  the  presentations  and  not  merely  a  listing  of  the  subjects  discussed.  More  than  a  one  or  two  sentence  description  of  the  views  and 
 arguments  presented  is  generally  required.  Other  requirements  pertaining  to  oral  and  written  presentations  are  set  forth  in  section  1.1206(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  3 


 Pursuant  to  sections  1.415  and  1.419  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R  §§  1.  415,  1.  419,  interested  parties  may  file  comments  on  or  before  April  14,  2006  and  reply  comments  on  or  before  May 
 15,  2006.  All  filings  related  to  this  NPRM  should  refer  to  CC  Docket  No.  96-  115.  Comments  may  be  filed  using:  (1)  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (ECFS),  (2)  the  Federal 
 Government’s  eRulemaking  Portal,  or  (3)  by  filing  paper  copies.  See  Electronic  Filing  of  Documents  in  Rulemaking  Proceedings,  63  FR  24121  (May  1,  1998). 


 1  Implementation  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996:  Telecommunications  Carriers’  Use  of  Customer 
 Proprietary  Network  Information  and  Other  Customer  Information;  Petition  for  Rulemaking  to  Enhance  Security  and  Authentication  Standards  for  Access  to  Customer  Proprietary  Network  Information,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  115  and 


 RM-  11277,  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  FCC  06-  10  (rel.  Feb.  14,  2006).  2 
 71  Fed.  Reg.  13317  (March  15,  2006).  3 
 47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1206(  b). 
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