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Internet http://www.fcc.gov DA 99-516Released: March 15, 1999 FCC EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS ON LOCKHEED MARTIN REQUEST FOR EXPEDITIOUS REVIEW OF THE TRANSFER OF COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY SERVICES BUSINESS CC Docket No. 92-237 NSD File No. 98-151 Comments Due: April 16, 1999 The Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) hereby extends the deadline for the filing of comments on the request by Lockheed Martin IMS (Lockheed Martin) for Expeditious Review of the Transfer of the Lockheed Martin Communications Industry Services (CIS) Business to a new independent company, Warburg, Pincus & Co. to April 16, 1999. The CIS business unit currently services as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA). The Bureau contemporaneously extends the deadline by which the NANC must provide its input on the Lockheed Martin Request to March 31, 1999. Comments should be filed in accordance with the procedures outlined below. On December 21, 1998, Lockheed Martin filed its request with the Commission. In a Public Notice released on January 7, 1999, the Bureau sought input from the public, and from the North American Numbering Council (NANC), on issues that the Commission should address in considering this matter of significant public interest. The Bureau also invited comment, in the form of questions and/or issues, to be directed to Mitretek Systems (Mitretek), which serves as the alternate NANPA. Six parties filed comments with the Bureau on January 22, 1999, identifying questions and/or issues that they believed the Commission should address in considering the Lockheed Martin Request. In addition, the NANC, filed a letter, including multiple enclosures, with the Bureau in response to the January 7 Public Notice. On January 27, 1999, the Bureau directed questions to Lockheed Martin and Mitretek, to be answered on the public record no later than February 12, 1999. On February 12, 1999, Mitretek filed a response to the issues and/or questions directed to it. On February 16, 1999, Lockheed Martin filed its response to the issues and/or questions directed to it. Thereafter, in a Public Notice released on February 17, 1999, the Bureau sought comment from interested parties on the Lockheed Martin Request, taking into account the Lockheed Martin Response and the Mitretek Answers. The Bureau recently has learned that Lockheed Martin and Mitretek will make presentations relating to the Lockheed Martin Request at the NANC's meeting on March 17, 1999. To enable the NANC to incorporate any new information, presented at that meeting either by Lockheed Martin or by Mitretek, into its analysis and recommendation to the FCC on the Lockheed Martin Request, the Bureau extends the time for the submittal of comments as noted above. The extension of time will allow interested parties to review the NANC's recommendation to the Commission, and any new information submitted together with that recommendation, in formulating their own comments on the Lockheed Martin request. Parties should address whether the Lockheed Martin Request should be granted, with or without any conditions, as well as Mitretek's position that the Commission should name it, the designated alternate, as the NANPA successor to Lockheed Martin. PROCEDURAL MATTERS Comments on the Lockheed Martin Request must be filed with the Bureau by April 16, 1999. Parties should reference CC Docket No. 92-237 and NSD File No. 98-151 in their comments. Parties may obtain the Lockheed Martin Request at the NANC website, www.fcc.gov/ccb/Nanc. The Lockheed Martin Request is available for public inspection and copying in the Network Services Division Public Reference Room, Room 220, 2000 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20554. Copies of the Lockheed Martin Request also are available from ITS, at 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, or by calling (202) 857-3800. The TTY number is: (202) 418-0484. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to . Generally, only one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, however, commenters must transmit one electronic copy of the comments to each docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, commenters should include their full name, Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions for e- mail comments, commenters should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, including "get form " in the body of the message. A sample form and directions will be sent in reply.Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Interested parties should file an original and four copies of their comments with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth St., S.W., Room TW-A325, Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition, parties should send two copies to Jeannie Grimes, Common Carrier Bureau, Network Services Division, FCC, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and one copy to ITS, at 1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. This is a "permit but disclose" proceeding for purposes of the Commission's ex parte rules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.1200-1.1216. As a permit but disclose proceeding, ex parte presentations will be governed by the procedures set forth in Section 1.1206 of the Commission's rules applicable to non-restricted proceedings. 47 C.F.R.  1.1206. Parties making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must contain a summary of the substance of the presentation and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed. More than a one or two sentence description of the views and arguments presented is generally required. See 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b)(2). Other rules pertaining to oral and written presentations are set forth in Section 1.1206(b) as well. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kris Monteith at (202) 418- 1520 or Jared Carlson or Jeannie Grimes at (202) 418-2320. The address is: Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 235, Washington, D.C. 20054. The fax number is: (202) 418-2345. The TTY number is: (202) 418-0484.