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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-  840  April  11,  2006 
 WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  GRANTS  REQUEST  FOR  EXTENSION  OF  TIME  TO  FILE  COMMENTS  IN  RESPONSE  TO  THE  COMMISSION’S  NOTICE  OF  PROPOSED 
 RULEMAKING  TO  ENHANCE  SECURITY  AND  AUTHENTICATION  STANDARDS  FOR  ACCESS  TO  CPNI 


 CC  Docket  No.  96-  115 
 On  April  10,  2006,  the  United  States  Department  of  Justice,  including  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation  and  the  Drug  Enforcement  Administration,  and  the  United  States  Department  of  Homeland 
 Security  filed  a  request  for  a  two-  week  extension  of  time  to  file  comments  in  response  to  the  Commission’s  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (NPRM)  to  enhance  security  and  authentication  standards 
 for  access  to  customer  proprietary  network  information  (CPNI).  1  The  current  deadline  for  filing  comments  is  April  14,  2006.  2 


 Although  requests  for  extensions  of  time  are  not  routinely  granted,  3  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  an  extension  of  time  to  file  comments  and  reply  comments  in  this  proceeding  is  in  the  public  interest.  The  current  deadline  for  filing  comments  falls  during  the  Passover  holiday.  As  a 
 result,  some  commenters  in  this  proceeding  may  be  unavailable  on  the  days  leading  up  to  the  filing  deadline.  Given  the  importance  of  the  issues  raised  in  the  NPRM  and  the  timing  of  the  current  filing 
 deadlines,  we  believe  that  all  parties  will  benefit  equally  from  an  extension  of  these  deadlines,  and  that  such  an  extension  will  enable  the  Commission  to  obtain  a  more  complete  and  well-  developed  record  in 
 this  proceeding.  Parties  therefore  have  until  April  28,  2006  to  file  comments  on  the  NPRM  in  this  docket,  and  until  May  19,  2006  to  file  reply  comments. 


 For  further  information  regarding  this  proceeding,  contact  Tim  Stelzig,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  0942. 


 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,  Notice  of  Proposed 


 Rulemaking,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  115,  FCC  06-  10  (rel.  Feb.  14,  2006). 
 2  See  Comment  and  Reply  Comment  Dates  Established  for  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  Commission’s 
 Customer  Proprietary  Network  Information  Proceeding,  WC  Docket  No.  96-  115,  DA  06-  600,  Public  Notice  (rel.  Mar.  16,  2006). 


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