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 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  News  release  contact: 
 November  6,  2000  Rosemary  Kimball  at  (202)  418-  0511 


 CONSUMER  INFORMATION  BUREAU  FILLS  FOUR  KEY  MANAGEMENT  POSITIONS 
 Washington,  DC  –  Roderick  K.  Porter,  Chief  of  the  Commission’s  Consumer  Information 
 Bureau,  has  announced  the  following  personnel  actions: 


 THOMAS  D.  WYATT  NAMED  ASSOCIATE  BUREAU  CHIEF  FOR  OPERATIONS 
 Thomas  D.  Wyatt  has  been  named  Associate  Bureau  Chief  -  Operations  in  the  Consumer 
 Information  Bureau  (CIB). 


 Prior  to  joining  the  CIB  management  team,  Wyatt  was  senior  counsel  for  disabilities 
 enforcement  in  the  Telecommunications  Consumer  Division,  Enforcement  Bureau.  From  1996 
 to  1999,  Wyatt  served  as  Associate  Chief,  Enforcement  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau. 
 Between  March  1990  and  December  1996  he  served  as  Chief,  Formal  Complaints  and 
 Investigations  Branch,  Common  Carrier  Bureau  where  he  planned,  directed,  and  coordinated  the 
 Branch's  activities  relating  to  formal  complaint  actions,  merger  and  acquisition  proceedings, 
 rulemakings,  forfeitures,  and  other  enforcement  matters.  From  1984  to  1996,  Wyatt  served  as  an 
 Attorney  Advisor,  first  in  the  Enforcement  Division  of  the  Mass  Media  Bureau  and,  later,  in  the 
 Formal  Complaints  and  Investigations  Branch  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau. 


 He  received  his  J.  D.  from  American  University,  Washington  College  of  Law,  and  earned 
 a  B.  A.  from  the  University  of  Alabama. 


 MARGARET  EGLER  NAMED  ASSOCIATE  BUREAU  CHIEF  FOR  POLICY 
 Margaret  Egler  has  been  named  Associate  Bureau  Chief  -  Policy  in  the  Consumer 
 Information  Bureau. 


 Prior  to  joining  CIB,  Egler  was  Assistant  Chief  in  the  Policy  and  Program  Planning 
 Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau.  Prior  to  that,  Egler  was  Assistant  Chief  and  then  Acting 
 Chief  of  the  Financial  Analysis  and  Compliance  Division,  Cable  Services  Bureau. 


 She  also  has  served  as  Assistant  Counsel  and  Director  of  Regulatory  Affairs  for  Post-Newsweek 
 Cable,  Inc.  (now  CableOne)  in  Phoenix,  Arizona.  Prior  to  that,  Egler  was  a  staff 
 attorney  in  the  Audio  Services  Division  of  the  Mass  Media  Bureau. 
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 She  received  her  LL.  M.  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a  J.  D.  from  the  University 
 of  Pittsburgh,  and  a  B.  A.  from  Duke  University. 


 JACK  L.  FORSYTHE  NAMED  CHIEF,  CONSUMER  INFORMATION  NETWORK 
 DIVISION 


 Jack  L.  Forsythe  has  been  named  Chief  of  the  Consumer  Information  Bureau's  Consumer 
 Information  Network  Division. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  CIB  staff,  Forsythe  served  as  Director  of  Public  Safety 
 Communications  (PSC)  with  the  Prince  George's  County,  MD,  government.  As  Director,  he  had 
 direct  responsibility  for  managing  the  day-  to-  day  operations  of  the  Emergency  911 
 Communications  Center  for  the  County.  In  addition,.  Forsythe's  notable  accomplishments 
 include  developing,  purchasing,  and  implementing  a  Computer  Aided  Dispatch  System; 
 successfully  integrating  and  consolidating  three  separate  communications  functions  into  one 
 stand-  alone  Public  Safety  Agency;  and  successfully  developing  a  training  program  to  further 
 develop  current  employees  for  greater  promotional  potential  and  employee  development. 


 As  Commander,  Technical  Services,  Forsythe  successfully  reorganized  and  reallocated 
 resources  which  culminated  in  a  reduction  of  the  number  of  data  entry  backlog  days  from  54  to 
 less  than  5. 


 He  is  an  MBA  graduate  of  Johns  Hopkins  University,  and  holds  a  Bachelor  of  Science 
 Degree  in  Management  Studies  from  the  University  of  Maryland. 


 STEPHEN  GOREY  NAMED  CHIEF,  SYSTEMS  SUPPORT  OFFICE 
 Stephen  R.  Gorey  has  been  named  Chief  of  the  Consumer  Information  Bureau's  System 
 Support  Office. 


 Gorey  comes  to  the  CIB  from  the  Department  of  the  Interior  where,  during  the  last  10 
 years,  he  served  as  Chief  of  the  Information  Resources  Management  Division,  in  the  Minerals 
 Management  Service.  Gorey  also  served  as  Chief  of  the  Administrative  Systems  Branch.  He 
 managed  the  operations  and  maintenance  of  the  organization's  computer  facility  and  developed 
 the  information  resources  management  strategic  and  tactical  plans,  policies,  and  guidelines.  He 
 managed  an  information  technology  budget  in  excess  of  $50  million.  Gorey  also  served  as 
 Deputy  Chief  Information  Officer  and  advisor  to  the  Information  Resource  Management  Review 
 Council  (the  senior  organization  charged  with  overseeing  strategic  information  technology 
 direction). 


 Gorey  is  a  graduate  of  George  Mason  University. 
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