March 1, 1999


       REFERENCE CENTER TO CONTINUE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF
           PUBLIC ACCESS TO BROADCAST ENGINEERING FILES


     The Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M St., NW, Washington, DC, will continue to
temporarily suspend public access to broadcast engineering files and over night requests for
station correspondence.  

     Suspension of public access to these files is necessary during the relocation of the Federal
Communications Commission to the Portals II building.  Public notice will be provided when
access to these files resumes.  

     While the files are in transition to Portals II, the FCC duplicating contractor, International
Transcription Service, Inc. (ITS) will be able to access the engineering files.   However, because
ITS will not be permitted to remove these files from the Portals II building, requests for material
from the engineering files should be specific.  To order material from the engineering files, contact
ITS at (202) 857-3800.

     Every attempt will be made to provide public access to Commission files during the
agency's relocation to the new Portals facility.

     For additional information, contact Bill Cline, Chief, Reference Operations Division, at
(202) 418-0267.


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