PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 DA 98-31 News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov January 9, 1998 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL AND CABLE SERVICES BUREAU TO HOLD PUBLIC FORUM TO DISCUSS BIENNIAL REVIEW OF CABLE SERVICES BUREAU RULES The Office of General Counsel and the Cable Services Bureau will hold a public forum on Friday, January 30, 1998, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., to receive ideas regarding Commission regulations administered by the Cable Services Bureau that are potential candidates for repeal or modification. This review is being undertaken in conduction with the first biennial review of Commission regulations pursuant to Section 11 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The public is invited to attend and participate in the discussion. Specifically, the forum will focus on the following topics: (1) deregulation or streamlining of substantive rules; (2) deregulation or streamlining of technical rules; and (3) streamlining of processes, forms, and record-keeping requirements relating to cable companies. The public forum will be held in the Commission Meeting Room (Room 856), 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Video and audio tapes of the public forum will be made and placed in a public file in the Secretary's office, as well as in the record of any appropriate Commission proceedings. The public forum will also be carried live on the Internet. Internet users may listen to the real-time audio feed of the public forum by accessing the FCC Internet Audio Broadcast Home Page. Step-by-step instructions on how to listen to the audio broadcast, as well as information regarding the equipment and software needed, are available on the FCC Internet Audio Broadcast Home Page. The URL address for this home page is http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/. Office of the General Counsel contact: Linda Morrison (202) 418-1720 Cable Services Bureau Contact: Margo Domon at (202) 418-2949 Media Contact: Morgan Broman at (202) 418-2358 --FCC--