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                            Before the
                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION         FCC 99-172
                     Washington, D.C.  20554

                                   In the Matter of                      )
                                                               )
                                   Establishment of                      )
                                   the Enforcement Bureau and            )
                                        the Consumer Information Bureau            )

                              ORDER

                                        Adopted:  July 12, 1999                      Released:  October 27, 1999

By the Commission:

     1.  To promote a more efficient and effective organizational structure, the Commission has
concluded that the proper dispatch of its business and the public interest will best be served by
consolidating enforcement and consumer information functions into an Enforcement Bureau and a
Consumer Information Bureau, respectively, and by eliminating the Compliance and Information
Bureau.  In this Order, we amend the Commission's Rules to reflect the creation of the new
Bureaus, describe their functions and delegated authority and to make other conforming changes. 
We also note that the new Bureaus will have delegated authority to act on petitions for
reconsideration of decisions of their predecessor Bureaus or Offices on matters within the scope
of their relevant delegated authority.  The Order also eliminates the Office of Public Affairs and
creates a small Office of Media Relations that will serve as the Commission's liason with the news
media and manage the agency's internet site.

     2.  Authority for the adoption of the foregoing revisions is contained in Sections 4(i), 4(j),
5(b), 5(c), 201(b) and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 
154(i), 154(j), 155(b), 201(b) and 303(r).

     3.  The amendments adopted herein pertain to agency organization, procedure and
practice.  Consequently, the notice and comment provision of the Administrative Procedure Act
contained in 5 U.S.C.  553(b) is inapplicable.

     4.  ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that Parts 0, 1, 21, 27, 68 and 90 of the
Commission's Rules, set forth in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ARE AMENDED
as set forth in the Appendix attached to this Order, TO BE EFFECTIVE November 8, 1999.

     
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              Magalie Roman Salas
                              Secretary