Date:    12/23/1999  2:17 PM

Subject: Proposed Regulation FD

To whom it may concern: 
     
Individual investors should have the right to timely access to all relevant 
information about companies. The current situation, where financial 
professionals have preferred access to such information, is inherently 
unfair. I applaud the proposed rule change.
     
--Jeff Rawlings
120 Hopeland Lane
Sterling, VA 20164