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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  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 
 March  8,  2002  Michelle  Russo  at  (202)  418-  2358 
 FCC  MEDIA  BUREAU  CHIEF  KEN  FERREE  NAMES  DEBORAH  KLEIN  AS  CHIEF  OF  STAFF  OF  NEW  BUREAU 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –Kenneth  Ferree,  chief  of  the  newly  created  Media  Bureau  at  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC),  today  named  Deborah  E.  Klein  as  Chief  of  Staff 
 of  the  Media  Bureau,  and  responsible  for  overseeing  all  aspects  of  the  Bureau's  operations.  Klein  most  recently  served  as  the  Chief  of  the  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Division  of  the 
 Cable  Services  Bureau,  and  has  held  various  positions  within  the  FCC  since  1994.  Klein  joins  William  Johnson,  Robert  Ratcliffe  and  Roy  Stewart  among  the  senior  management  of  the  Media 
 Bureau. 
 Ferree  said,  “Deborah  has  been  instrumental  in  making  the  transition  to  the  new  Bureau  smooth  and  efficient.  I  appreciate  her  efforts  and  look  forward  to  working  with  her  as  we 
 converge  two  talented  staffs  into  one  team.” 
 As  Chief  of  the  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Division,  Klein  supervised  the  Cable  Services  Bureau’s  responsibility  in  policy  and  adjudicatory  matters  involving  multichannel 
 video  programming  distribution.  She  has  led  a  range  of  the  Commission’s  rulemaking  proceedings  addressing  competition  in  areas  including  digital  must  carry,  program  access  and 
 navigation  devices.  Prior  to  joining  the  FCC,  Klein  served  as  an  attorney  at  the  Federal  Trade  Commission  in  the  Bureau  of  Competition,  Non-  Merger  Litigation  from  1990  until  1994, 
 working  on  antitrust  investigations  and  litigation. 
 Klein  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  with  a  B.  A.  in  Political  Science,  and  the  University  of  Toledo  College  of  Law,  where  she  received  a  J.  D.  magna  cum 
 laude. 
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 For  more  information  about  the  Media  Bureau,  after  March  25,  2002,  visit  www.  fcc.  gov/  mb. 
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