*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 8004.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 6, 2001 FCC Calendar of Events Tuesday, April 10 Commissioner Harold Furchtgott- Roth will be the dinner speaker at the KMB’s 27 th Invitational Conference, the Don CeSar Hotel, St. Petersburg, FL. The Common Carrier Bureau Accounting Safeguards Division will hold a public meeting to discuss policies and procedures for independent audits, FCC, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room 6- B516, Washington, DC, 1: 00 pm – 2: 30 pm. Wednesday, April 11 The WRC- 03 Advisory Committee, Informal Working Group 4: Fixed Service/ Fixed –Satellite Service Sharing, will hold a meeting at the FCC, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room 6- B516 (6 th Floor South Conference Room), Washington, DC, 9: 30 am – noon. The WRC- 03 Advisory Committee, Informal Working Group 3: Fixed Satellite Service/ Broadcasting Satellite Service will hold a meeting at the FCC, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room 6- B516 (6 th Floor South Conference Room), Washington, DC, 1: 00 pm – 4: 00 pm. Thursday, April 12 The WRC- 03 Advisory Committee, Informal Working Group 7: Regulatory Issues and Future Agendas will hold a meeting at the Boeing Company, 1200 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, 1: 30 pm – 3: 30 pm. 1 -2-Monday, April 16 The WRC- 03 Advisory Committee, Informal Working Group 6: Public Protection and Other Issues will hold a meeting at the FCC, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room 7- B516 (7 th Floor Conference Room), Washington, DC, 10: 00 am – noon. Tuesday, April 17 The WRC- 03 Advisory Committee, Informal Working Group 2: Mobile-Satellite Service including GPS will meet at Leventhal, Senter & Lerman, PLLC, 2000 K Street, N. W., Suite 600, Washington, DC, 10: 00 am – noon. Wednesday, April 18 Tom Sugrue, Chief, WTB will participate in a keynote debate at the M2001USA Mobile Commerce Conference, the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose CA. The WRC- 03 Advisory Committee, Informal Working Group 1: IMT-2000 and Terrestrial Wireless Interactive Multimedia will meet at the FCC, Portals II, 445 12 th Street, SW, Room 8- C245 (Conference Room #1), Washington, DC, 2: 00 pm – 4: 00 pm. Thursday, April 19 The FCC will hold an Open Meeting, FCC, Portals II, Room TW- C305 (Commission Meeting Room), Washington, DC, 9: 30 am. Friday, April 20 Commissioner Furchtgott- Roth will be keynote speaker at the Communications Law Conference, hosted by the Western New England College, Springfield, MA, 1: 00 pm. 2 -3- The Advisory Committee for the 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC- 03 Advisory Committee) will meet, at the FCC, Portals II, Room TW- C305 (Commission Meeting Room), Washington, DC, 10: 00 am – noon. Tuesday, April 24 Commissioner Furchtgott- Roth will address the A. G. Edwards 2001 Media & Entertainment Conference, Bermuda B Room, the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, noon. Commissioner Furchtgott- Roth will participate on a panel, “Regulatory Dialogue,” at the National Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, 4: 00 pm. Thursday, May 10 The FCC will hold an Open Meeting, FCC, Portals II, Room TW- C305 (Commission Meeting Room), Washington, DC, 9: 30 am. -FCC- 3