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Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order modifying its rules to require entities doing business with the FCC, effective December 3, 2001, to provide an FCC Registration Number (FRN) with any filings requiring a taxpayer identification number.

The FRN is a unique entity identifying number that may be obtained over the Internet through the Commission Registration System (CORES) at www.fcc.gov/omd. The FRN will be used by all Commission financial, authorization of service, and enforcement systems. CORES will be a central standard repository for basic regulatee and licensee information. The FRN will help the Commission more effectively collect regulatory and application fees; track enforcement of fines and forfeitures; monitor and collect penalties; and manage the grant of waivers and exemptions.

The full text of the R&O is available on the FCC website at: http://www.fcc.gov or on this web site (choose "Download documents" and scroll to "Official documents").