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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).  FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT: 
 April  3,  2003  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253  Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  IMPLEMENTS  NEW  ELECTRONIC  FILING  SYSTEM  FOR  ARMIS  DATABASE 
 Online  System  Collects  Financial  and  Operational  Data  from  Incumbent  Carriers 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  The  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  (WCB)  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  today  announced  that  it  has  successfully 
 implemented  its  new  Electronic  ARMIS  Filing  System  (EAFS).  The  EAFS  became  operational  on  April  1,  2003. 


 The  EAFS  is  a  web-  based  application  that  allows  users  with  web  browsers  and  Internet  access  to  obtain  ARMIS  data  in  various  formats,  and  can  be  accessed  at  the 
 following  web  page:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  wcb/  armis.  ARMIS  is  the  FCC’s  automated  system  for  collecting  financial  and  operating  data  –  such  as  revenues,  expenses,  network 
 infrastructure,  and  service  quality  –  from  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers  (LECs)  that  are  subject  to  ARMIS  reporting  requirements. 


 The  new  system  provides  a  number  of  expanded  capabilities  for  obtaining  ARMIS  data.  Among  the  features  that  are  available  are: 
 1.  preset  reports  for  financial,  service  quality,  infrastructure  data,  and  the  ability  to  print  or  save  paper  facsimiles  of  the  reports; 
 2.  customized  reports  based  on  user-  selected  fields;  and,  3.  raw  data  as  filed  by  the  carriers  in  their  ASCII  files.  In  addition,  information 
 about  the  carriers'  filings  is  available  through  various  data  information  reports  and  related  documents. 


 For  additional  information  and  tips  on  how  to  use  the  new  system,  the  following  web  site  will  take  you  to  the  “Getting  Started”  section  for  EAFS: 
 http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  wcb/  eafs/  help/  get_  start.  pdf. 


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 Wireline  Competition  Bureau  Staff  Contact:  Fatina  Franklin  at  202-  418-  0840. 


 News  about  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  can  also  be  found 
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