Date: 12/16/1999 10:30 PM Subject: Regulation FD Name: J. Kristin Hedges, Esq. Address: 616 East Capitol St. NE Washington DC 20003 e-mail: geshed@boo.net To the SEC Rules Committee: I am writing this e-mail in support of regulation FD. The stock market plays a vital role in our economy, and its good health is a benefit to all citizens. The current state of affairs, in which corporations are allowed to make key business information available to a select group of analysts and brokers before the general public gets the information, ultimately works against the good health of our economy. It also violates the sense of fair play which underies our system of government. Sincerely, J. Kristin Hedges