Report No.  GN 99-1                  GENERAL ACTION                         January 20, 1999



              SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF FCC INSPECTOR GENERAL RELEASED



        The Chairman of the FCC has transmitted to the appropriate Congressional Committees the
Inspector General's most recent Semiannual Report to Congress, covering the period        April 1,
1998 to September 30, 1998.

       The report is available from the Commission's duplicating contractor:  International      
Transcription Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.  20036,  (202) 857-3800;
(202) 857-3805 - fax.

       The report is also available on the internet.  The internet address is www.fcc.gov/oig.html.


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       Office of Inspector General contact:  Debbie Blue at (202) 418-0470.