Lockheed-Martin FSS has now segregated a group of FSS specialists who
handle only clearances, not briefings. Their toll-free number is:
1-888-766-8267
or :)
1-TUT-POOT-BOP
You'll get the standard prompt to "say state" - It's possible, as with
1-800-WX-BRIEF, to say "any" and shortcut to the next available
briefer, but this really won't speed clearances, as if you, for
example, call from the Eastern Region and get a briefer in the Western
Region, he won't have the Center/Sector phone number directory for
your region and will still have to hand you off to the correct region,
which the voice prompt does.
Dan Johnson
Wisconsin