[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21372]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 00-1877]


Common Carrier Bureau and NARUC; Industry Forum on Implementation 
of Slamming Liability Procedures

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Federal Communications 
Commission's Common Carrier Bureau and the National Association of 
Regulatory Utility Commissioners' (NARUC) Committee on Consumer Affairs 
will jointly host an industry forum to discuss implementation of the 
Commission's slamming liability rules and procedures.

DATES: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., SW., Room 
TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Walters, 202-418-7400, 
[email protected]; Bev DeMello, 850-413-6107, [email protected]; 
or William Cox, 202-418-7400, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the industry forum is to 
discuss implementation of the Commission's new slamming liability rules 
and procedures adopted in Implementation of the Subscriber Carrier 
Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; 
Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumers' Long 
Distance Carriers, CC Docket No. 94-129, First Order on 
Reconsideration, FCC 00-135 (released May 3, 2000), 65 FR 47678 (August 
3, 2000). The industry forum is an outgrowth of the state-industry 
working group established by NARUC's Committee on Consumer Affairs to 
address the implementation of this order. Representatives of the 
Commission's Common Carrier Bureau and NARUC's Committee on Consumer 
Affairs, as well as representatives of the Commission's Consumer 
Information and Enforcement Bureaus, will be on hand to discuss 
industry questions about the implementation of the slamming liability 
rules and procedures.
    Industry representatives and members of the public may attend the 
industry forum. Admittance will be limited to the seating available. 
Persons planning to attend the industry forum should notify one of the 
contacts listed above. A videotape of the meeting will be filed in CC 
Docket No. 94-129.

    Dated: August 16, 2000.

Federal Communications Commission.
Yog Varma,
Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-21372 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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