FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                            News Media Contact: 
May 20, 1999                                                     Rosemary Kimball at  (202) 418-0500

                                                                   
                                                                   
FCC INTERNET WEB SITE TO BE UNAVAILABLE INTERMITTENTLY THIS WEEKEND -
                           MAY 22 AND 23


The FCC's Internet site <www.fcc.gov> will be unavailable to the public on Saturday, May 22 from
8:00 a.m. through approximately 6:00 p.m., and intermittently thereafter, through Sunday, May 23. 
The computer systems that host the FCC web site are being moved to the new Portals locations.

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