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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: 
 November  14,  2001  John  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450 


 LINDA  BLAIR  NAMED  DEPUTY  CHIEF,  ENFORCEMENT  BUREAU 
 Washington,  DC  --  Linda  Blair,  Associate  Chief  of  the  Commission’s  Enforcement 
 Bureau  since  May  2001,  has  been  named  Deputy  Chief  of  that  Bureau.  She  will  continue  to  be 
 responsible  for  overseeing  the  Bureau’s  Regional  and  Field  offices  and  its  Technical  and  Public 
 Safety  Division,  as  well  as  the  broadcast  and  other  Title  III  responsibilities  of  the  Investigations 
 and  Hearings  Division.  Ms.  Blair  will  also  serve  as  a  Deputy  on  the  Commission's  newly 
 constituted  Homeland  Security  Policy  Council. 


 Ms.  Blair  joined  the  Commission  in  June  1988,  serving  first  in  the  Mass  Media  Bureau’s 
 Policy  and  Rules  Division  and  then  in  the  former  Private  Radio  Bureau  and  the  Office  of  General 
 Counsel.  She  returned  to  the  Mass  Media  Bureau  in  1993  as  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Audio 
 Services  Division.  She  became  Chief  of  that  Division  in  October  1995  and  remained  in  that 
 position  until  May  2001. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Ms.  Blair  was  an  associate  at  Ginsburg,  Feldman,  and 
 Bress.  She  received  a  B.  A.  from  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  and  a  J.  D.  from 
 American  University’s  Washington  College  of  Law. 


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