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 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE: 
 December  15,  2000 


 MARGARET  W.  WIENER  BECOMES  CHIEF  OF  THE  AUCTIONS  AND  INDUSTRY 
 ANALYSIS  DIVISION  OF  THE  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU 


 Thomas  Sugrue,  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  has  named  Margaret 
 Wiener  Chief  of  the  Bureau's  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division. 


 The  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division  is  responsible  for  implementing  the 
 competitive  bidding  authority  for  spectrum  auctions  given  to  the  Commission  by  the  1993 
 Omnibus  Budget  Reconciliation  Act,  and  revised  by  Congress  in  the  1997  Balanced  Budget  Act. 


 Since  July  1997,  Ms.  Wiener  has  worked  in  the  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division, 
 serving  as  Chief  of  the  Legal  Branch  and  as  Deputy  Division  Chief  (Legal).  Prior  to  coming  to 
 the  Commission  in  1997,  Ms.  Wiener  was  of  counsel  at  Harkins  Cunningham  in  Washington, 
 where  she  worked  on  competition  issues  related  to  freight  railroad  mergers.  She  has  also  served 
 in  the  law  department  of  Conrail  in  Philadelphia,  where  she  focused  on  competition  issues, 
 including  regulated  as  well  as  deregulated  matters  and  antitrust,  and  as  a  litigation  associate  at 
 Shearman  &  Sterling  in  New  York.  She  earned  her  B.  A.  from  Yale  University  and  her  J.  D.  from 
 New  York  University  School  of  Law. 


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