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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: 
 February  8,  2002  Maureen  Peratino  202-  418-  0506 


 INTERNATIONAL  BUREAU  FRONT  OFFICE  ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Donald  Abelson,  Chief  of  the  International  Bureau,  today  announced 
 that  Linda  L.  Haller  has  been  named  Associate  Bureau  Chief  of  the  International  Bureau  and 
 Alexandra  Field  has  joined  the  Front  Office  as  Senior  Legal  Advisor. 


 Ms.  Haller  started  with  the  International  Bureau  in  1997  as  an  attorney  in  the  Satellite  and 
 Radiocommunication  Division.  She  joined  the  Office  of  the  Bureau  Chief  in  1998  as  a  Senior 
 Legal  Advisor  and  thereafter  was  promoted  to  Assistant  Bureau  Chief.  From  September  2000  to 
 February  2001,  Ms.  Haller  served  on  a  full-  time  detail  to  the  “Commission  to  Assess  United 
 States  National  Security  Space  Management  and  Organization,”  and  in  November  2001,  was 
 appointed  to  the  FCC  Homeland  Security  Policy  Council.  From  1991-  97,  Ms.  Haller  was  an 
 attorney  in  the  FCC  Private  Radio  Bureau,  Common  Carrier  Bureau  and  Office  of  General 
 Counsel.  Prior  to  the  FCC,  she  practiced  law  at  Morgan,  Lewis  and  Bockius  in  Los  Angeles,  CA 
 and  Pierson,  Ball  and  Dowd  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Ms.  Haller  has  a  J.  D.  from  Georgetown 
 University  Law  Center  and  a  B.  A.  from  George  Washington  University. 


 Ms.  Field  joined  the  Office  of  the  Bureau  Chief  in  2001  from  the  Satellite  and 
 Radiocommunication  Division,  where  she  was  a  senior  attorney.  In  that  role,  Ms.  Field  led  a 
 variety  of  regulatory  and  transactional  matters  and  represented  the  FCC  in  international 
 negotiations  regarding  the  privatization  of  INTELSAT.  Prior  to  entering  the  FCC  in  1997  as  an 
 attorney  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  Ms.  Field  was  an  associate  at  the  law  firm  Levine, 
 Blaszak,  Block  &  Boothby,  where  she  negotiated  international  and  domestic  service  agreements 
 and  represented  clients  in  FCC  regulatory  matters.  From  1990-  92,  Ms.  Field  was  a  Program 
 Associate  at  the  Carnegie  Commission  on  Science,  Technology  and  Government.  Ms.  Field  has 
 a  J.  D.  from  the  Georgetown  University  Law  Center  and  an  A.  B.  from  Harvard  University. 


 Mr.  Abelson  also  announced  two  other  Front  Office  actions  that  occurred  in  2001. 
 Roderick  K.  Porter  returned  to  his  position  as  Deputy  Bureau  Chief  after  a  lengthy  detail  to  the 
 Consumer  Information  Bureau  as  Acting  Chief  of  that  Bureau  and  Jacqueline  M.  Ponti  was 
 promoted  to  Associate  Bureau  Chief  of  the  International  Bureau. 
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 x  Mr.  Porter  was  instrumental  in  the  formation  of  the  International  Bureau  in  1994  and 
 has  held  key  positions,  including  Acting  Bureau  Chief  in  1999.  In  these  capacities, 
 Mr.  Porter  has  been  involved  in  a  range  of  international  issues,  particularly 
 International  Telecommunications  Union  (ITU),  satellite  licensing  reform  and 
 developing  country  initiatives.  In  many  years  of  public  service,  Mr.  Porter  has  held 
 numerous  senior  management  positions  throughout  the  agency.  Mr.  Porter  has  a  J.  D. 
 from  Georgetown  University  Law  Center  and  a  B.  A.  from  Morgan  State  University. 


 x  Ms.  Ponti  has  been  part  of  the  International  Bureau  administration  since  the  Bureau’s 
 creation  in  1994,  serving  initially  as  Deputy  Assistant  Bureau  Chief,  Management 
 and  Information  Technology  Officer.  Ms.  Ponti  led  the  development  of  IBFS,  the 
 Bureau's  electronic  filing  and  consolidated  licensing  system,  which  received  the  2001 
 E-  Gov  Pioneer  Award  in  July.  Ms.  Ponti  joined  the  FCC  in  1991  in  the  Common 
 Carrier  Bureau  and  the  Office  of  the  Bureau  Chief  in  December  2000.  As  Associate 
 Bureau  Chief,  Ms.  Ponti  conducts  short  and  long-  term  strategic  planning  for  the 
 Bureau  and  plays  a  key  role  in  advising  the  Bureau  Chief  on  the  day-  to-  day 
 operations  of  the  Bureau.  Ms.  Ponti  has  a  B.  B.  A.  from  James  Madision  University. 


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