FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                      News Media contact:
   June 4, 2001                                          Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511
  
          NEW FCC CONSUMER E-MAIL SERVICE IS NOW AVAILABLE
  
  Washington, DC   The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced the
  availability of a new e-mail service to apprise consumers about developments at the FCC, to
  disseminate consumer information materials prepared by the Commission to a wide audience
  and to invite comments from other interested parties on FCC regulatory proposals.  
  
  FCC fact sheets, consumer brochures and alerts, news releases, public notices, notices of
  proposed rulemaking, reports and orders, and other consumer-related information are the
  types of items that will be sent out via this new e-mail distribution list.   This service is
  operated by the Consumer Education Office in the FCC's Consumer Information Bureau.
  
  This free e-mail service enables anyone to subscribe and receive FCC publications and notices
  of interest to consumers. 
  
  To subscribe, submit a subscription request by e-mail to the following address:
  
  subscribe@info.fcc.gov  
  
  Put the following request in the subject line or in the body of the message (not both):
  
  subscribe  fcc-consumer-info firstname lastname (replace with real first name and last name)
  
  To unsubscribe send the following request using the same procedure as with subscribing: 
  
  unsubscribe  fcc-consumer-info
  
       Those who have difficulties subscribing to this list should send an e-mail message
  describing the problems to lneely@fcc.gov for assistance.
  
       This new service is one of several ways in which consumers can get information from the
  FCC. Individuals may also visit the FCC's website, www.fcc.gov, which contains extensive
  information on virtually all telecommunications-related issues.  Individuals can also find
  consumer-friendly fact sheets and brochures at the FCC's Consumer Information Bureau's
  website, www.fcc.gov/cib.  Consumers may send inquiries and complaints concerning
  regulated telecommunications services to the FCC's Consumer Centers through a variety of
  methods:  phone: (toll-free): 1-888-CALL-FCC (voice); 1-888-TELL-FCC (TTY);  postal
  mail:  445 12th St. SW, Washington, DC, 20554; e-mail:  fccinfo@fcc.gov. (general inquiries
  and complaints); access@fcc.gov (disability-related inquiries and complaints).
  
       In addition, the FCC maintains another listserv, through which it e-mails out its "Daily
  Digest," a summary of all its actions with links to the full texts.  Directions for subscribing to
  the Daily Digest listserv are available on the FCC's homepage under "Daily Digest."
  
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