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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  New  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 June  16,  2003 
 FCC  ANNOUNCES  IMPROVEMENTS  TO  THE  ELECTRONIC  DOCUMENT  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEM  (EDOCS) 


 The  FCC’s  new  Electronic  Document  Management  System  (EDOCS)  query  page  has  been  reorganized  and  redesigned  to  make  searching  for  FCC  documents  easier.  A  new  feature  linking 
 errata  to  original  documents  has  also  been  put  into  place. 
 There  are  now  two  searches:  “quick”  and  “advanced.” 
 The  quick  search  has  a  limited  number  of  fields,  and  displays  the  results  in  a  short  form.  You  can  use  the  quick  search  to  best  advantage  if  you  know  a  delegated  authority  (DA)  number,  FCC 
 number,  docket  number,  or  have  specific  words  that  appear  in  the  title  or  description  of  the  document  for  which  you  are  searching.  The  quick  search  includes  the  capability  of  searching  on 
 a  date  range  as  well.  In  the  quick  search,  when  more  search  terms  are  used,  the  query  is  broadened  and  more  documents  are  retrieved. 


 The  advanced  search  is  very  much  like  the  old  EDOCS  query,  with  a  detailed  list  of  data  elements  that  can  be  searched  individually  or  in  combination.  Adding  fields  to  the  search  makes 
 it  more  precise,  and  fewer  documents  are  retrieved.  Results  for  the  advanced  search  can  be  displayed  in  three  formats:  condensed,  full,  and  citation.  The  full  record  displays  all  indexing 
 information  contained  in  the  system  for  each  retrieved  document,  while  the  condensed  format  displays  an  abbreviated  version  of  the  same  information.  The  Citator  format  contains  citations  to 
 the  FCC  Record  Index,  FCC  Reports  2  nd  Series,  and  the  Federal  Register. 
 Links  to  EDOCS  are  available  via  the  “search”  link  in  the  menu  bar  at  the  top  of  the  FCC  home  page  (http://  www.  fcc.  gov)  and  on  the  resources  page  (http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  resources.  html). 
 EDOCS  is  also  listed  on  the  Search  Tools  page  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  searchtools.  html. 
 For  assistance  with  EDOCS,  or  to  report  problems,  please  send  an  e-  mail  to  EDOCS  Help  at  edocshelp@  fcc.  gov  or  call  (202)  418-  0265. 


 For  additional  information,  contact  Sheryl  Segal  at  ssegal@  fcc.  gov  or  (202)  418-  0234. 


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