April 6, 1995

                     FCC Information is Available Online

Most announcements and actions of the FCC are available on the Internet and other
electronic delivery systems.  The categories of documents available include Public Notices,
News Releases, Orders (including NPRMs), Speeches,  the Daily Digest and FCC Forms. 
You can retrieve this information in a variety of ways.

Internet Access
You can use any of these Internet tools:

     FTP: ftp.fcc.gov, log in as anonymous and use your e-mail address as the
     password.  Publications are in the /pub directory and succeeding subdirectories.
     Identify files of interest by downloading the index (found at the same level as /pub)
     and searching for key words.

     Gopher:  gopher.fcc.gov  or use any gopher to get to "'all the gophers in the
     world" then 'U.S.' then 'DC'  then FCC.
       
     World Wide Web: http://www.fcc.gov 
     
Dial-in Access: The Industry Analysis Division of the Common Carrier Bureau maintains
a public electronic bulletin board service (BBS), FCC-State Link,  which provides dial-in
access for  Order and Data Bases relating to the Common Carrier Bureau. The BBS also
holds general information about FCC actions (including the Daily Digest).  The BBS can be
reached at (202) 418-0241.  The FCC-State Link also can be reached through the National
Technical Information Services's FedWorld system at (703) 321-8020 or through
Fedworld's telnet internet node (fedworld.gov).

Fax Access: The Daily Digest, News Releases, Speeches, selected Public Notices, and Job
Announcements can be obtained from Fax-On-Demand at (202) 418-2830.  Request the
index(es) to find out the document number for documents you are interested in.  Generally
the document numbers are also listed on the fax copy of the Daily Digest.  The document
number for vacancy announcements is the announcement number including the year, but
without suffix letters or hyphens.

Selected FCC forms can be obtained via Fax-On-Demand by calling (202) 418-0177 from
the handset on your fax machine.  Request the index to find out the document number for
the forms you need.  You must be calling from your fax machine to request a form.

For questions or comments, call Jorden Brinn (202) 418-0507 or email jbrinn@fcc.gov. 


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