[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54878-54879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23339]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and 
Exchange Commission will hold the following meetings during the week of 
September 11, 2000.
    Hearings will be held on Wednesday, September 13, 2000 at 8:45 a.m. 
at the Pace Downtown Theatre at Pace University, located at Spruce 
Street between Park Row and Gold Street (across from City Hall Park) in 
New York City.

    The Commission will hold public hearings on its proposed rule 
amendments concerning auditor independence. The purpose of the 
hearings is to give the Commission the benefit of the views of 
interested members of the public regarding the issues raised and 
questions posed in the Proposing Release (33-7870). For further 
information, contact: John M. Morrissey, Deputy Chief Accountant or 
W. Scott Bayless, Associate Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief 
Accountant at (202) 942-4400.

    A closed meeting will be held on Thursday, September 14, 2000 at 11 
a.m.
    Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the 
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the closed meeting. 
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be 
present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has 
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth 
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (8), (9)(A) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(4), 
(8), (9)(A) and (10), permit consideration for the scheduled matters at 
the closed meeting.
    The subject matters of the closed meeting scheduled Thursday, 
September 14, 2000 will be: institution and settlement of injunctive 
actions; and institution and settlement of administrative proceedings 
of an enforcement nature.
    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in 
the scheduling of meeting items. For further information and to 
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, 
please contact:

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    The Office of the Secretary at (202) 942-7070.

    Dated: September 6, 2000.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-23339 Filed 9-7-00; 11:22 am]
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