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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  News  Media  Contact:  February  2,  2004  Audrey  Spivack  (202)  418-  0512 
 FCC  BUDGET  OF  $292,958,000  PROPOSED  FOR  FISCAL  YEAR  2005 
 Washington,  DC  –  The  President  has  submitted  a  budget  to  Congress  that  proposes  fiscal  year  2005  funding  for  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  of  $292,958,000. 
 The  requested  FY  2005  funding  level  will  cover  mandatory  increases  for  salaries  and  benefits  and  inflationary  increases  for  office  space  rental,  supplies,  printing,  postage  and 
 contractual  services.  The  budget  level  also  includes  funds  for  maintenance  and  modernization  of  technology  systems  that  directly  further  all  aspects  of  our  performance;  information  technology 
 equipment  to  support  our  multiyear  lifecycle  management  program;  replacement  monitoring  vehicles;  technical  monitoring  and  test  equipment  to  ensure  the  Commission  has  up-  to-  date  tools 
 to  achieve  the  agency’s  Spectrum  and  Homeland  Security  initiatives;  and  skills  based  training  for  critical  FCC  program  areas. 


 The  complete  copy  of  the  Commission’s  FY  2005  budget  submission  is  available  on  the  FCC’s  web  site  at:  www.  fcc.  gov. 
 For  additional  information,  please  contact  Mark  Reger,  Associate  Managing  Director-Financial  Operations  at  (202)  418-  1924. 


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