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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: 
 March  14,  2001  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 


 LINDA  KINNEY  NAMED  ACTING  ASSOCIATE  GENERAL  COUNSEL  FOR  THE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Washington,  DC  –  Linda  Kinney  has  been  named  Acting  Associate  General 
 Counsel  for  the  Federal  Communications  Commission.  The  Office  of  General  Counsel 
 (OGC)  advises  the  Commission  and  its  various  bureaus  and  offices  on  legal  matters  and 
 represents  the  Commission  in  litigation  in  federal  courts. 


 Kinney,  who  was  formerly  Assistant  Bureau  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  will 
 handle  common  carrier  issues  for  OGC.  As  Assistant  Bureau  Chief  of  the  Common 
 Carrier  Bureau,  Kinney  worked  on  broadband  deployment  issues. 


 Before  serving  as  Assistant  Bureau  Chief  for  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau, 
 Kinney  was  common  carrier  advisor  to  Commissioner  Susan  Ness.  Kinney  was  also  the 
 Assistant  Division  Chief  in  the  Policy  Division  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  where 
 she  worked  on  a  wide  variety  of  issues  involving  implementation  of  the 
 Telecommunications  Act  of  1996.  Prior  to  working  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau, 
 Kinney  served  as  an  attorney-  advisor  in  the  Commercial  Wireless  Division  of  the 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 


 Before  joining  the  Commission,  Kinney  worked  as  an  attorney  in  private  practice 
 with  Graham  &  James  in  San  Francisco  and  as  legal  counsel  for  Whalen  &  Company. 
 Kinney  received  her  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Virginia  and  her  undergraduate  degree 
 from  Vassar  College. 


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