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In the matter of                   )                   DA 95-1397
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Amendment of Part O of the         )
Commission's Rules to Reflect      )
a Reorganization of the Office     )
of General Counsel.                )
                                   )

                                    ORDER

Adopted:  June 21, 1995                 Released:  June 22, 1995

By the Managing Director:

1.   On September 27, 1994, the Commission adopted a proposed
reorganization to create a Competition Division within the Office of
General Counsel.  The implementation of the proposed reorganization
requires amendment to Part O of the Commission's Rules and
Regulations.  In accordance with the Commission's action, this Order
makes the necessary revisions and other minor editorial changes in
Part 0 of the Commission's Rules. 

2.   The amendments adopted herein pertain to agency organization. The 
notice and comment and effective date provisions of Section 4 of the
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.  553, are therefore
inapplicable.  Authority for the amendments adopted herein is
contained in Sections 4(i) and 5(b) of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended.

4.   ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to the authority delegated
under 47 C.F.R.  0.231(d) and effective upon publication in the
Federal Register, that Part O of the Rules and Regulations be amended
as set forth hereto.


                                   List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part O;
                                   Authority delegated
                                   Organization and functions

          
                                   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                                   Andrew S. Fishel
                                   Managing Director
                                 FINAL RULES

Part O of Chapter I of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:

PART O - COMMISSION ORGANIZATION

1. The authority citation for Part O continues to read as follows:

Authority: Section 5, 48 Stat. 1068, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 155

2.   Section 0.41(f) is amended by removing the title "Chief Engineer"
and adding in its place "Office of Engineering and Technology";
revising paragraph (g); removing paragraph (j) and redesignating
paragraphs (k) through (o) as (j) through (n) respectively; and
revising newly redesignated paragraphs (m) and (n) to read as follows:

Section 0.41 Functions of the Office

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(g) To serve as the Commission's advocate for competition throughout
the telecommunications industry and, specifically, to help to ensure
that Commission policy development employs uniform or consistent
analysis and that FCC policy encourages and promotes competitive
market structures in affected industry segments by providing
bureaus/offices with the necessary support to identify, evaluate, and
effectively resolve competitiveness issues. 
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(m)  To advise the Commission in the preparation and revision of rules
and the implementation and administration of ethics regulations and
the Freedom of Information, Privacy, Government in the Sunshine and
Alternative Dispute Resolution Acts.

(n)  To assist and make recommendations to the Commission, and to
individual Commissioners assigned to review initial decisions, as to
the disposition of cases of adjudication and such other cases as, by
Commission policy, are handled in the same manner and which have been
designated for hearing.

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Section 0.251 Authority delegated

1.   Section 0.251 is amended by revising paragraph (b); and removing
and reserving paragraphs (c), (d) and (e), to read as follows:

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(b) Insofar as authority is not delegated to any other Bureau or
Office, and with respect only to matters which are not in hearing
status, the General Counsel is delegated authority:

  (1)  To act upon requests for extension of time within which
  briefs, comments or pleadings may be filed.

  (2)  To dismiss, as repetitious, any petition for reconsideration
  of a Commission order which disposed of a petition for
  reconsideration and which did not reverse, change, or modify the
  original order.

  (3)  To dismiss or deny petitions for rulemaking which are
  repetitive or moot or which, for other reasons, plainly do not
  warrant consideration by the Commission.

  (4)  To dismiss as repetitious any petition for reconsideration
  of a Commission order denying an application for review which
  fails to rely on new facts or changed circumstances.

(c)  

(d)  

(e)  

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