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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:  March  8,  2002  Linda  Haller  202-  418-  1408 
 Email:  lhaller@  fcc.  gov 
 INTERNATIONAL  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  TWO  SENIOR  APPOINTMENTS  Richard  Engelman  and  Jacquelynn  Ruff  Join  Office  of  the  Bureau  Chief 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  Donald  Abelson,  Chief  of  the  International  Bureau  announced  two  new  appointments  to  his  Senior  Staff.  Mr.  Richard  Engelman  has  been  appointed 
 Chief  Engineer  and  Ms.  Jacquelynn  Ruff  has  been  appointed  Assistant  Bureau  Chief. 
 Mr.  Engelman,  as  the  International  Bureau’s  Chief  Engineer,  will  provide  overall  Bureau  direction  on  technical  issues,  including  coordination  of  technical  matters  related  to  spectrum 
 policy.  Mr.  Engelman  has  a  B.  S.  in  Electrical  Engineering  from  Rose-  Hulman  Institute  of  Technology,  is  a  Senior  Member  of  the  Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers,  and  has 
 been  with  the  Commission  for  25  years. 
 As  Assistant  Bureau  Chief,  International  Bureau,  Ms.  Ruff  will  provide  expertise  on  international  telecommunications,  trade,  and  Internet  policy  issues  and  Bureau  coordination  of 
 related  multilateral  and  bilateral  telecommunications  matters.  Ms.  Ruff  has  a  B.  A.  from  Radcliffe  College/  Harvard  University,  a  M.  A.  from  Harvard  University,  and  a  J.  D.  from 
 Georgetown  University.  Prior  to  joining  the  Commission  in  1999,  she  was  in  private  practice  and  served  as  staff  to  a  committee  of  the  U.  S.  Senate. 


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 International  Bureau  Staff  Contact:  Jacqueline  Ponti  at  202-  418-  0436. 
 News  about  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  can  also  be  found  on  the  Commission’s  web  site  www.  fcc.  gov. 
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