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                                                           Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

                                    )DA 97-1526
     In the Matter of)
                                  )
   Petition for Expedited Rulemaking to)
    Establish Reporting Requirements and       )RM 9101
 Performance and Technical Standards for )
    Operations Support Systems      )


                             ORDER


     Adopted:  July 18, 1997Released:  July 18, 1997 

By the Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division

     1.  Pursuant to section 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.46, LCI
International Telecom Corp. (LCI) has moved for a five-day extension of the July 25, 1997, date
for filing reply comments in the above-captioned proceeding.  See LCI Motion for Extension of
Time (filed July 15, 1997).  LCI maintains that the extension is necessary for the parties to attend
the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) conference, scheduled
for the same week reply comments are due, and for parties to report on and evaluate in their reply
comments any policy resolutions on operations support systems (OSS) that may emerge from
that conference.  Because we find that such information may benefit the Commission's
deliberations in the above-captioned proceeding, and because LCI has timely moved for an
extension under section 1.46, we hereby grant LCI's motion for a five-day extension.  

     2.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT reply comments in this proceeding shall be due
no later than July 30, 1997.  


     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
     
     


     ________________________
     Richard K. Welch
     Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division
     Common Carrier Bureau