01-9324. Technology Advisory Committee Meeting

This is to give notice, pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(a), that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Technology Advisory Committee will conduct a public meeting on May 2, 2001, in the first floor hearing room (Room 1000) of the Commission's Washington, DC headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and last until 5:00 p.m. The agenda will consist of the following:

I. Introduction

II. Implementation of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000: Electronic Trading Facilities

III. Electronic Order Routing

IV. Real Issues in a Virtual World: Technology and Its Challenges

V. Going Forward: Issues, Priorities, and Process

The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Commissioner Thomas J. Erickson, is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will, in his judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Any member of the public who wishes to file a written statement with the Advisory Committee should mail a copy of the statement to the attention of: The Technology Advisory Committee, c/o Commissioner Thomas J. Erickson, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, before the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements should inform Commissioner Erickson in writing at the foregoing address at least three business days before the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made, if time permits, for an oral presentation of no more than five minutes each in duration.

Issued by the Commission in Washington, DC, on April 10, 2001.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.