*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 870.doc* NEWS News media Information 202 / 418- 0500 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D. C. Circ 1974). April 14, 2000 FCC Calendar of Events Friday, April 14 Commissioner Susan Ness, co- chair of the Western Regional Field Hearing will participate in a roundtable discussion, sponsored by the Federal- State Joint Conference on Advanced Services, Tacoma, WA, 1: 30 pm. Tom Sugrue, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will address the Annual Meeting of the Land Mobile Communications Council, Loews L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC, noon. Monday, April 17 FCC Commissioner Susan Ness and Nanette Thompson, Chair of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, will co- chair the Western Regional Field Hearing, sponsored by the Federal- State Joint Conference, Anchorage, AK, 9: 00 am. Commissioner Harold Furchtgott- Roth will address the KMB Video Journal’s Twenty- Fifth Invitational Conference, Don CeSar Conference Center, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, 8: 00 pm. The FCC will hold a Data Collection Workshop to assist carriers in complying with the new local competition and broadband reporting requirement, FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 1: 00 pm – 4: 00 pm. 1 -2- Tuesday, April 18 Chairman Kennard will give the opening address at the first Quello Telecommunication Center Symposium, Communications Policy and Law, Hilton Washington and Towers, Washington, DC, 9: 45 am. Commissioners Furchtgott- Roth and Gloria Tristani will participate on a panel on First Amendment issues at a symposium hosted by The Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law, and the Michigan State University, Hilton Washington and Towers, Washington, DC, 3: 45 pm. Wednesday, April 19 FCC Chairman William E. Kennard and Jo Anne Sanford, Chair of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, will preside at the Federal- State Joint Conference on Advanced Services Field Hearing, “Cable and Fixed Wireless Deployment and Deployment in Rural Areas,” South Sioux City, NE, 1: 00 pm – 5: 00 pm. Thursday, April 20 Commissioner Furchtgott- Roth will address the Federalist Society at a luncheon at the Rivers Club, One Oxford Centre, Pittsburgh, PA, noon. Tuesday, April 25 Commissioner Furchtgott- Roth will address the South Carolina Telephone Association Spring Conference, the Kingston Plantation, Embassy Suites, Myrtle Beach, SC, 9: 45 am. The North American Numbering Council will hold a meeting at the FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 8: 30 am – 5: 00 pm. 2 -3- Wednesday, April 26 Chairman Kennard will address Syracuse College of Law, Syracuse, NY, 3: 00 pm. Commissioner Furchtgott- Roth will address the David T. Chase Free Enterprise Institute, Eastern Connecticut State University on “Regulation and Competition in Telecommunications,” Willimantic, CT, 11: 00 am. The North American Numbering Council will hold a meeting at the FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 8: 30 – noon. Friday, April 28 Commissioner Furchtgott- Roth will address the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, 1: 30 pm. The FCC will hold a Public Forum on the status of Chairman Kennard’s Draft Strategic Plan, “A New FCC for 21 st Century,” FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 10: 00 am – noon. Monday May 1 The FCC will hold a Data Collection Workshop to assist carriers in complying with the new local competition and broadband reporting requirement, FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 1: 00 pm – 4: 00 pm. Tuesday, May 9 Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel will participate on a panel focusing on cable industry issues before the FCC at the National Cable Television Association’s 49 th Annual Convention and International Exposition, New Orleans, LA, 11: 00 am – 12: 15 pm. 3 -4- Monday, May 15 The FCC will hold an Open Meeting, FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 9: 30 am. Wednesday, May 31 The FCC will hold a Public Forum on secondary markets for radio spectrum at the FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 9: 00 am – 1: 00 pm. - FCC- 4