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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  27,  2002  Maureen  Peratino  at  (202)  418-  0506 
 PAUL  A.  JACKSON  NAMED  DEPUTY  DIRECTOR  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  LEGISLATIVE  AFFAIRS 
 Washington,  D.  C.—  Paul  A.  Jackson  has  been  named  Deputy  Director  in  the  Office  of  Legislative  Affairs  (OLA),  where  he  will  continue  to  be  responsible  for  assisting  in  carrying 
 out  the  legislative  activities  of  the  Commission. 
 During  the  past  year,  Mr.  Jackson  served  both  as  the  Acting  Director  and  Acting  Deputy  Director  of  the  Office  of  Legislative  and  Intergovernmental  Affairs,  which  was 
 officially  renamed  to  OLA  as  part  of  the  Commission's  recent  agency-  wide  reorganization. 
 Prior  to  his  service  in  OLA,  Mr.  Jackson  was  Special  Assistant  to  then  Commissioner  Michael  K.  Powell.  In  that  position,  he  was  responsible  for  advising  Commissioner  Powell 
 on  Year  2000,  Internet,  new  media  and  communications  convergence  issues.  Mr.  Jackson  joined  Commissioner  Powell’s  staff  in  1997. 


 Between  1994  and  1997,  Mr.  Jackson  worked  in  the  Washington,  D.  C.  office  of  the  law  firm  of  O'Melveny  &  Myers  LLP,  where  he  focused  primarily  on  energy,  transportation 
 and  telecommunications  concerns.  His  experience  also  included  two  years  at  the  Morrison  Knudsen  Corporation  (MK),  where  he  provided  legislative,  finance  and  business  development 
 assistance  to  MK’s  domestic  and  international  operating  groups  and  subsidiaries. 
 Mr.  Jackson  is  a  graduate  of  Georgetown  University. 


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