*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 5182.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). December 1, 2000 FCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS Monday, December 4 Chairman William E. Kennard will give keynote address at Budapest Business Daily Conference on Competition and Regulation, InterContinental Hotel, Budapest, Hungary, 6: 15 pm. Wednesday, December 6 Chairman Kennard will give keynote address at the President’s Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities, The Bethesda Suites Marriott, Bethesda, MD, 8: 30 am. The Technological Advisory Council will hold seventh meeting at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room TW- C305, Washington, DC, 10: 30 am. Thursday, December 7 Chairman Kennard will address the National Association of Minorities in Communications, Marriott Marquis, New York, NY, 6: 00 pm. The FCC will hold a Commission Meeting at the FCC, Portals II, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room TW- C305, Washington, DC, 9: 30 am. The Region 19 (New England) 700 MHz Public Safety Planning Committee announces its first meeting at the Daniel Webster College, Collings Auditorium, Nashua, NH, 9: 00 am. 1 -2-Tom Sugrue, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will speak at the Practising Law Institute’s 18 th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation at the Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, 1: 35 pm. Thursday, December 14 Chairman Kennard will address the Federal Communications Bar Association Chairman’s Dinner, the Washington Hilton, Washington, DC. Commissioner Gloria Tristani will give the keynote address at the Practising Law Institute’s 18 th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation at the Hilton Washington & Towers, Washington, DC, 9: 45 am. Monday, December 25 The FCC will be closed in observance of the Christmas Holidays. -FCC- 2