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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:  June  25,  2004  Audrey  Spivack  (202)  418-  0512 
 FCC  ANNOUNCES  SMALL  ENTITY  COMPLIANCE  GUIDE  PROGRAM 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Yesterday,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  announced  its  Small  Entity  Compliance  Guide  Program,  pursuant  to  Section  212  of  the  Small 
 Business  Regulatory  Enforcement  Fairness  Act  of  1996  (SBREFA).  The  program  serves  to  further  the  FCC’s  goal  of  promoting  competition  and  its  efforts  to  respond  to  the  needs  of  small 
 businesses,  which  are  an  integral  part  of  the  economy  at  large  and  of  the  telecommunications  sector,  in  particular. 


 Over  a  hundred  agency  rule  writers  were  in  attendance  as  the  FCC  inaugurated  the  program  with  a  Small  Entity  Compliance  Guide  Training  Session,  presented  by  the  Office  of 
 Communications  Business  Opportunities  (OCBO).  The  FCC  will  now  publish  compliance  guides  for  notice-  and-  comment  rulemaking  proceedings  for  which  a  final  regulatory  flexibility 
 analysis  is  required. 
 Michael  K.  Powell,  Chairman  of  the  FCC,  comments,  “The  Small  Entity  Compliance  Guide  Program  will  help  small  businesses  determine  the  bottom  line  in  complying  with  our 
 regulations.  Written  in  plain  language,  the  compliance  guides  will  spell  out  the  requirements  that  small  entities  must  follow.  The  program  is  particularly  important  because  small  businesses  are 
 an  essential  part  of  the  digital  migration  and  the  national  broadband  future.” 
 For  further  information  about  the  Small  Entity  Compliance  Guide  Program  and  the  Office  of  Communications  Business  Opportunities,  please  visit  OCBO’s  internet  website  at 
 http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  ocbo/  or  contact  Carolyn  Fleming  Williams,  Director  of  OCBO,  directly  at  202-  418-  1026.  Press  inquiries  should  be  directed  to  Audrey  Spivack  at  (202)  418-  0512. 
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