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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). 
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 June  5,  2001  Maureen  Peratino  at  202-  418-  0506 


 JEFFREY  J.  CARLISLE  NAMED  COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU  SENIOR  DEPUTY  CHIEF 


 Washington,  DC  –  FCC  Chairman  Michael  K.  Powell  has  appointed  Jeffrey  J. 
 Carlisle  Senior  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  effective  June  11,  2001. 


 In  announcing  the  appointment,  Chairman  Powell  said,  "I  am  delighted  that  Jeff 
 will  be  joining  us  as  a  senior  member  of  our  team.  His  depth  of  understanding  of 
 telecommunications  matters  will  make  him  a  valuable  addition  to  Dorothy  Attwood  and 
 the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  as  they  grapple  with  the  myriad  of  issues  facing  the  Bureau 
 and  the  Commission." 


 Carlisle  currently  is  in  private  law  practice,  specializing  in  commercial 
 transactions  and  regulation  of  data  and  telephone  carriers.  He  also  is  vice  president  for 
 interconnected  services  and  regulatory  affairs  at  INLEC  Communications,  Inc.,  a 
 Philadelphia-  based  company  that  constructs  and  manages  broadband  infrastructure  within 
 residential  apartment  buildings  across  the  country.  Previously,  he  was  an  associate  with 
 the  Washington,  DC,  law  firm  of  O’Melveny  &  Myers,  where  he  focused  on 
 telecommunications  mergers  and  acquisitions  and  competitive  entry  into  local  exchange 
 markets. 


 Carlisle  received  a  B.  A.  in  History  from  the  University  of  California,  Los 
 Angeles,  an  M.  A.  from  The  Fletcher  School,  and  a  J.  D.  from  Boalt  Hall,  University  of 
 California,  Berkeley. 


 He  is  a  member  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Bar,  State  Bar  of  California  and 
 Federal  Communicat  ions  Bar  Associat  ion. 


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