[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19764-19765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9120]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, April 
13, 2000

April 6, 2000.
    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Thursday, April 13, 2000, which is 
scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. in room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street, 
S.W., Washington, D.C.

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    Item No.             Bureau                     Subject
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1...............  Common Carrier.....  TITLE: Implementation of the
                                        Subscriber Carrier Selection
                                        Changes Provisions of the
                                        Telecommunications Act of 1996;
                                        and Policies and Rules
                                        Concerning Unauthorized Changes
                                        of Consumers Long Distance
                                        Carriers (CC Docket No. 94-129).
                                       SUMMARY: The Commission will
                                        reconsider petitions for
                                        reconsideration of the Second
                                        Report and Order pursuant to
                                        Section 258 of the Act, which
                                        prohibits a carrier from
                                        submitting or executing changes
                                        in a subscriber's telephone
                                        service except in accordance
                                        with the Commission's
                                        verification procedures.
2...............  Cable Services.....  TITLE: Closed Captioning and
                                        Video Description of Video
                                        Programming; Implementation of
                                        Section 305 of the
                                        Telecommunications Act of 1996;
                                        and Accessibility of Emergency
                                        Programming (MM Docket No. 95-
                                        176).
                                       SUMMARY: The Commission will
                                        consider a Second Report and
                                        Order concerning the
                                        accessibility of emergency
                                        information programming to
                                        persons with hearing
                                        disabilities.
3...............  Office of Plans and  TITLE: Compatibility Between
                   Policy and Office    Cable Systems and Consumer
                   of Engineering and   Electronics Equipment.
                   Technology.
                                       SUMMARY: The Commission will
                                        consider a Notice of Proposed
                                        Rule Making addressing the
                                        issues of labeling digital
                                        television sets to indicate
                                        their capability to operate with
                                        cable television systems and of
                                        licensing terms for copy
                                        protection technology.
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    Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from 
Maureen Peratino or David Fiske, Office of Media Relations, telephone 
number (202) 418-0500; TTY (202) 418-2555.
    Copies of materials adopted at this meeting can be purchased from 
the FCC's duplicating contractor, International Transcription Services, 
Inc. (ITS, Inc.) at (202) 857-3800; fax (202) 857-3805 and 857-3184; or 
TTY (202) 293-8810. These copies are available in paper format and 
alternative media, including large print/type; digital disk; and audio 
tape. ITS may be reached by e-mail: [email protected]. Their 
Internet address is http;//www.itsi.com.
    This meeting can be viewed over George Mason University's Capitol 
Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry the meeting live via 
the Internet. For information on these services call (703) 993-3100. 
The audio portion of the meeting will be broadcast live on the Internet 
via the FCC's Internet audio broadcast page at http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/>. The meeting can also be heard via telephone, for a fee, 
from National Narrowcast Network, telephone (202) 966-2211 or fax (202) 
966-1770. Audio and video tapes of this meeting can be purchased from 
Infocus, 341 Victory Drive, Herndon, VA 20170, telephone (703) 834-
0100; fax number (703) 834-0111.

Federal Communication Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-9120 Filed 4-7-00; 8:45 am]
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