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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FCC  ENFORCEMENT  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  REORGANIZATION  STRUCTURE 
 Washington,  DC  –  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  Enforcement  Bureau  (EB)  announced  changes  that  will  take  effect  within  the  Bureau  as  a  result  of  the  overall 
 reorganization  of  the  Commission,  which  will  go  into  effect  March  25,  2002. 
 The  primary  new  functions  that  will  be  assigned  to  the  Enforcement  Bureau  are: 
 
  The  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division  (MDRD)  will  handle  all  pole  attachment  and  Part  68  complaints. 


 
  The  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division  (IHD)  will  handle  common  carrier  auditing  functions  and  related  merger  compliance. 
 
  The  Telecommunications  Consumers  Division  (TCD)  will  address  all  formal  closed  captioning  and  pending  cable  programming  tier  complaints. 
 
  The  Technical  and  Public  Safety  Division  (TPSD),  in  conjunction  with  the  EB  field  offices,  will  now  be  responsible  for  all  cable  technical  enforcement. 
 The  Bureau  restructuring  has  resulted  in  new  management  changes.  Kathleen  Costello  has  been  named  as  Assistant  Bureau  Chief;  Anthony  Dale  will  serve  as  Assistant  Division  Chief 
 of  the  IHD;  and  Hugh  Boyle  will  serve  as  the  IHD  Chief  Auditor. 
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 Enforcement  Bureau  contact:  John  R.  Winston  at  202-  418-  7450. 


 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  March  8,  2002  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACTS:  John  Winston  (202)  418-  7450 
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