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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). 
 February  16,  2001 
 FCC  Calendar  of  Events 
 Friday,  February  16 
 Commissioner  Gloria  Tristani  will  deliver  an  address  on  universal  service 
 and  technology  developments  at  the  Central  American  and  Caribbean  Forum 
 on  Universal  Service,  sponsored  by  Indotel,  Santo  Domingo,  Dominican 
 Republic,  11:  00  am. 


 Monday,  February  19 
 The  FCC  will  be  closed  in  observance  of  President’s  Day. 
 Thursday,  February  22 
 The  FCC  Will  hold  an  Open  Meeting,  FCC,  Portals  II,  Commission 
 Meeting  Room,  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC,  9:  30  am. 


 The  Informal  Working  Group  5:  5GHz,  13.75-  14  GHz  and  Maritime 
 Issues,  PanAmSat,  Washington,  DC,  9:  30  am  –  noon. 


 Friday,  February  23 
 The  Emergency  Alert  System  National  Advisory  Committee  will  meet  at 
 the  FCC,  Portals  II,  Commission  Meeting  Room,  445  12  th  Street,  SW, 
 Washington,  DC,  9:  00  am. 
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 February  27 
 The  Informal  Working  Group  4:  Fixed  Service/  Fixed-  Satellite  Service 
 Sharing,  FCC,  Portals  II,  Room  7B516  (7  th  Floor  South  Conference  Room), 
 445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC,  10:  30  am  –  noon. 


 Wednesday,  February  28 
 Commissioner  Harold  Furchtgott-  Roth  will  address  the  Competitive 
 Carrier  Regulatory  Summit  2001,  Renaissance  Washington  Hotel, 
 Washington,  DC,  9:  30  am. 


 Thursday,  March  1 
 The  Informal  Working  Group  3:  Fixed  Satellite  Service/  Broadcasting 
 Satellite  Service,  FCC,  Portals  II,  RM  6B516(  6  th  Floor  South  Conference 
 Room),  445  12  th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  DC,  10:  00  am  –  noon. 


 Susan  Eid,  Legal  Advisor  to  Chairman  Powell  and  Katie  Costello,  Cable 
 Services  Bureau  will  participate  on  a  panel,  “Washington  DC  Update,”  at  the 
 Texas  Cable  &  Telecommunications  Association,  Texas  Show  2001,  San 
 Antonio  Convention  Center,  San  Antonio,  TX,  9:  00  am  –  10:  15  am. 


 Tuesday,  March  13 
 Commissioner  Furchtgott-  Roth  will  address  the  Credit  Suisse  First 
 Boston’s  Broadcast  Television  Conference,  The  W,  NY,  NY,  1:  30  pm. 


 Wednesday,  April  4 
 CommissionerFurchtgott  will  address  the  Second  Telecommunications 
 Policy  and  Law  Symposium,  sponsored  by  the  James  H.  and  Mary  B.  Quello 
 Center  for  Telecommunication  Management  and  Law  at  Michigan  State 
 University  and  the  Law  Review  of  MSU  –  Detroit  College  of  Law,  the  Capital 
 Hilton,  Washington,  DC,  1:  30. 
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 -3-Tuesday, 
 April  10 
 Commissioner  Furchtgott-  Roth  will  be  the  dinner  speaker  at  the  KMB’s 
 27  th  Invitational  Conference,  the  Don  CeSar  Hotel,  St.  Petersburg,  FL. 


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