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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: 
 July  3,  2001  David  Fiske  at  202-  418-  0513 


 KEVIN  J.  MARTIN  SWORN  IN  AS  FCC  COMMISSIONER 
 Washington,  DC  –  Kevin  J.  Martin  was  sworn  in  today  as  a  member  of  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  for  a  term  that  runs  to  June  30,  2006. 


 Before  joining  the  FCC,  Martin  was  a  Special  Assistant  to  the  President  for 
 Economic  Policy.  He  served  on  the  Bush-  Cheney  Transition  Team  and  was  Deputy 
 General  Counsel  for  the  Bush  campaign.  Prior  to  joining  the  campaign,  Martin  was  an 
 advisor  to  FCC  Commissioner  Harold  Furchtgott-  Roth.  He  has  also  served  in  the  Office 
 of  the  Independent  Counsel  and  worked  as  an  associate  at  the  Washington,  DC  law  firm 
 of  Wiley,  Rein  &  Fielding.  Before  joining  Wiley,  Rein  &  Fielding,  Martin  was  a  judicial 
 clerk  for  U.  S.  District  Court  Judge  William  M.  Hoeveler,  Miami,  FL. 


 Martin  received  a  B.  A.  from  the  University  of  North  Carolina  at  Chapel  Hill,  a 
 Masters  in  Public  Policy  from  Duke  University,  and  a  J.  D.  from  Harvard  Law  School. 


 He  is  a  member  of  the  Florida  Bar,  District  of  Columbia  Bar  and  the  Federal 
 Communications  Bar  Association. 


 Martin  and  his  wife,  Catherine  J.  Martin,  reside  in  Washington,  DC. 


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