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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: 
 May  10,  2001  Meribeth  McCarrick  at  (202)  418-  0654 
 e-  mail:  mmccarri@  fcc.  gov 


 BRYAN  TRAMONT  TO  SERVE  AS  CHIEF  OF  STAFF  OF  THE  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU 


 Washington,  DC  –  Bryan  Tramont  will  join  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  as 
 Associate  Bureau  Chief  where  he  will  serve  as  “Chief  of  Staff”  for  the  Bureau.  In  this  position 
 Tramont  will  oversee  Bureau  strategic  planning,  assist  the  Bureau  Chief  in  managing  the  Bureau, 
 and  advise  the  Wireless  Bureau  Chief  on  a  number  of  key  spectrum  policy  matters. 


 “I  am  delighted  that  Bryan  will  be  joining  the  Bureau,”  said  Tom  Sugrue,  Chief  of  the 
 Wireless  Bureau.  “The  experience  and  skills  he  brings  make  him  uniquely  suited  for  this  position.” 


 Tramont  most  recently  served  as  Senior  Legal  Advisor  to  Commissioner  Harold 
 Furchtgott-  Roth.  In  that  capacity  he  advised  the  Commissioner  on  wireless,  international, 
 technology  and  enforcement  issues. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Tramont  served  for  five  years  as  an  attorney  at  the  law 
 firm  of  Wiley  Rein  and  Fielding.  He  also  worked  as  a  law  clerk  for  the  Honorable  Duane  Benton  on 
 his  home  state  of  Missouri's  Supreme  Court. 


 He  also  serves  as  an  Adjunct  Professor  of  Law  at  the  Catholic  University  of  America's 
 Communications  Law  Institute.  In  addition,  Tramont  serves  as  co-  chair  of  the  Federal 
 Communications  Bar  Association's  Wireless  Telecommunications  Committee. 


 Tramont  holds  a  J.  D.  from  the  Yale  School  of  Law  and  an  A.  B.  from  the  George 
 Washington  University. 


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