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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT: 
 December  20,  2000  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 


 BILL  DEVER  NAMED  ASSISTANT  DIVISION  CHIEF,  POLICY  AND 
 PROGRAM  PLANNING  DIVISION,  COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Bill  Dever  has  been  appointed  Assistant  Division  Chief  of  the 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau’s  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division.  The  Policy  Division 
 handles  the  implementation  of  numerous  key  provisions  of  the  Telecommunications  Act 
 of  1996,  including  the  promotion  of  competition  for  local  telecommunications  services, 
 evaluation  of  Bell  Operating  Company  applications  to  enter  the  long  distance  market,  and 
 public  interest  review  of  license  transfer  applications  filed  by  common  carriers. 


 Mr.  Dever  has  been  an  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Policy  Division  of  the  Common 
 Carrier  Bureau  since  March  1998,  where  he  served  as  team  leader  for  review  of  the  SBC-Ameritech 
 merger  application  and  co-  team  leader  for  both  applications  by  SBC  to  enter 
 the  long  distance  market  in  Texas.  After  joining  the  Commission  in  January  1995,  Mr. 
 Dever  was  a  staff  attorney  and  Supervisory  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Mass  Media 
 Bureau’s  Audio  Services  Division,  which  monitors  compliance  by  radio  station  licensees 
 with  the  Commission’s  multiple  ownership  rules.  Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Mr. 
 Dever  served  as  an  intern  and  policy  analyst  at  the  National  Telecommunications  and 
 Information  Administration. 


 Mr.  Dever  received  his  J.  D.  from  the  Catholic  University  of  America  in  1994, 
 where  he  earned  a  certificate  from  the  Institute  for  Communications  Law  Studies.  Mr. 
 Dever  received  his  B.  A.  in  Journalism  from  Temple  University’s  School  of 
 Communications  and  Theater  in  1984.  Prior  to  entering  law  school,  Mr.  Dever  worked  as 
 a  medical  editor  and  as  a  news  and  talk  show  producer  for  CBS  Radio. 


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