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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: 
 September  19,  2001  Meribeth  McCarrick  at  (202)  418-  0654 
 e-  mail:  mmccarri@  fcc.  gov 


 WIRELESS  BUREAU  CHIEF  ANNOUNCES  BARRY  J.  OHLSON  HAS  JOINED  THE 
 OFFICE  OF  THE  BUREAU  CHIEF  AS  A  LEGAL  ADVISOR 


 Washington,  DC  –  Thomas  Sugrue,  Chief  of  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications 
 Bureau,  has  announced  that  Barry  Ohlson  has  joined  the  Commission  as  a  Legal  Advisor  in  the 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau’s  Office  of  the  Bureau  Chief. 


 Ohlson  will  advise  the  Bureau  Chief  and  Deputies  on  various  wireless  regulatory  issues, 
 including  matters  before  the  Bureau’s  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission  he  was  Senior  Director  of  Federal  Regulatory  Affairs  at 
 Winstar  Communications,  Inc.  In  that  position,  he  was  responsible  for  spectrum  and  related  matters 
 impacting  the  company  before  the  Commission,  Congress  and  the  International 
 Telecommunications  Union.  Prior  to  working  at  Winstar,  Ohlson  was  an  Associate  at  McDermott, 
 Will  &  Emery  and  an  Associate  at  Keller  and  Heckman. 


 Ohlson  holds  a  J.  D.  from  George  Washington  University  and  a  B.  A.  from  the  College  of 
 William  and  Mary. 


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