FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  2001- 127


            SEC Releases Full Agenda and Panelists for
             Third Annual Municipal Market Roundtable
          "Secondary Market Disclosure for the 21st Century"

     Washington, DC, November 1, 2001 -  The Securities and
Exchange Commission today released the full agenda and names of
panelists for the Third Annual Municipal Market Roundtable
that its Office of Municipal Securities will host on Wednesday,
November 14, 2001 beginning at 9:00 a.m.  The Roundtable will take
place at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42
West 44th Street, New York, New York, 10036.  The event is open to
the public and free of charge.  Seating will be on a first come,
first served basis.  For additional information, please call the
Office of Municipal Securities at (202) 942-7300.

     The Roundtable will provide a forum for a wide variety of
municipal market participants to present their observations and
opinions on the status of the secondary market disclosure system
under Rule 15c2-12 and discuss possible changes to the current
system.



                              AGENDA
                                 
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.    ARRIVAL

9:00 - 9:10 a.m.    OPENING REMARKS:
      Stephen J. Weinstein, Esq.
      Attorney-Fellow
      SEC Office of Municipal Securities

9:10 - 10:10 a.m.  PANEL I -- NRMSIRs AND SIDs: Repository
      representatives identify problems which they experience with
      the current system and suggest possible solutions.

               Moderator:
               Margaret "Peg" Henry, Esq.
               Attorney-Fellow
               SEC Office of Municipal Securities

               Panelists:
               Peter Schmitt
               President
               DPC Data Inc.

               Arthur Brasch
               Director of Municipal Products
               FT Interactive Data

               Maryrose Carosia
               Director of Information Services
               Standard & Poors/J.J. Kenny Repository

               Doug Kemp, Esq.
               Attorney
               Bloomberg Municipal Repository

               Dan Black
               Executive Director
               Municipal Advisory Counsel

10:10 - 11:10 p.m.    PANEL II -- CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE
               15c2-12:
                A discussion of the benefits and drawbacks to the
                current continuing disclosure system.

               Moderator:
               Mary N. Simpkins, Esq.
               Senior Special Counsel
               SEC Office of Municipal Securities

               Panelists:

               Alan Polsky
               First Vice President & Director of Research
               Dougherty & Company LLC

               Leslie Richards-Yellen, Esq.
               Principal
               The Vanguard Group

               Walter K. Knorr
               Chief Financial Officer
               City of Chicago

               Charles Brass
               Executive Vice President
               New York City Housing Development Corporation

               Relmond P. VanDaniker
               Executive Director
               National Association of State Auditors,
               Comptrollers & Treasurers

               Frank Chin
               Managing Director
               Salomon Smith Barney
      
              Diane McNabb
              Managing Director
               A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

               Patrick K. Arey, Esq.
               Abramoff, Neuberger & Linder LLP

11:10 - 11:30 a.m.   BREAK

11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.  PANEL III -- BRAINSTORMING IMPROVEMENTS
      IN SECONDARY MARKET DISCLOSURE

               Moderator:
               Martha Mahan Haines, Esq.
               Chief, SEC Office of Municipal Securities

               Panelists:
               Terry Atkinson
               Managing Director, Municipal Securities Group
               UBS Paine Webber

              Robert A. Estrada, Esq.
              Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
              Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc.

               Jeffrey Pohl, Esq.
               General Counsel
               New York Dormitory Authority

               Frank Hoadley
               Capital Finance Director
               State of Wisconsin

               Paul M. Maco, Esq.
               Vinson & Elkins

               M. Jane Dickey, Esq.
               Rose Law Firm


               Roger L. Davis, Esq.
               Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP

12:50 - 1:00 p.m.    CLOSING REMARKS
              Martha Mahan Haines, Esq.
               Chief, SEC Office of Municipal Securities







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