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 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  8,  2000 
 FCC  Calendar  of  Events 
 Monday,  December  11 
 Tom  Sugrue,  Chief,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  will  speak 
 before  the  Telecommunications  and  Information  Society  Policy  Forum  Mini-Conference, 
 “Key  Challenges  In  Wireless  Policy,”  Minneapolis,  MN,  3:  00 
 pm. 


 Tuesday,  December  12 
 The  FCC  will  host  a  policy  forum  on  market  entry  barriers  faced  by 
 small,  women-  and  minority-  owned  businesses  in  the  communications  industry 
 at  the  FCC,  Portals  II,  Commission  Meeting  Room,  445  12  th  Street,  SW, 
 Washington,  DC,  9:  30  am  –  1:  00  pm. 


 Thursday,  December  14 
 Chairman  William  E.  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. 


 Tom  Sugrue,  Chief,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  will  address 
 the  18  th  Annual  PLI/  FCBA  Telecommunications  Policy  and  Regulation 
 Institute,  Washington,  DC,  1:  30  pm. 
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 December  25 
 The  FCC  will  be  closed  in  observance  of  the  Christmas  Holidays. 
 Monday,  January  1 
 The  FCC  will  be  closed  in  observance  of  the  New  Year  Holiday. 
 Thursday,  January  18 
 The  FCC  will  host  the  tenth  meeting  of  the  Public  Safety  National 
 Coordination  Committee  (NCC)  Interoperability  Subcommittee  at  the  Holiday 
 Inn  Select,  Orlando,  Florida,  9:  00  am  –  11:  30  am. 


 The  FCC  will  host  the  tenth  meeting  of  the  NCC  Technology 
 Subcommittee,  the  Holiday  Inn  Select,  Orlando,  FL,  12:  30  pm  –  3:  00  pm. 


 The  FCC  will  host  the  tenth  meeting  of  the  NCC  Implementation 
 Subcommittee,  the  Holiday  Inn  Select,  Orlando,  FL,  3:  00  pm  –  5:  30  pm. 


 Friday,  January  19 
 The  FCC  will  host  the  eleventh  NCC  General  Membership  meeting  at 
 the  Holiday  Inn  Select,  Orlando,  FL,  9:  30  am  –  12:  30  pm. 


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