FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  98-3


 Securities and Exchange Commission Creates a Year 2000 Page
                         on Website
                              
     Washington, D.C., January 14, 1998 --  The Securities
and Exchange Commission has created a page listing all the
information the Commission has created regarding the Year
2000 issue.  The URL address for this page is

            http://www.sec.gov/news/home2000.htm

and is accessible from the SEC's home page at www.sec.gov.
This new page links to the complete texts of Year 2000 items
contained in many different sections of the website.

     Everything the SEC creates regarding the Year 2000
issue, including but not limited to, press releases, letters
to the industry, Congressional testimony, and guidance from
the staff, will be accessible through this single page.  As
we move towards the year 2000, the Commission expects to be
creating more documents to guide the securities industry,
securities bar and investing public through this transition.

     David Copenhafer, Year 2000 Project Director, said,
"This new page allows visitors to our website to see all of
the Commission's actions about the Year 2000 with one click
of the mouse.  I believe this new resource will enable all
people who have dealings with the Commission to better
understand the Commission's expectations and actions in this
area."

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