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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:  April  4,  2002  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  PERSONNEL  ACTION 
 Gregory  M.  Cooke  to  Serve  as  a  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Competition  Policy  Division 
 Washington,  DC  –  Today,  Dorothy  Attwood,  Bureau  Chief  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  (FCC)  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  made  the  following 
 personnel  announcement. 
 Greg  Cooke  has  been  named  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Competition  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  Prior  to  this  new  position,  Mr.  Cooke  served  as  Assistant  Chief  of 


 the  former  Common  Carrier  Bureau’s  Network  Services  Division  (NSD).  He  joined  NSD  in  September  1996  as  a  senior  staff  attorney,  and  was  team  leader  on  local  competition  issues  handled 
 by  NSD.  Prior  to  joining  the  Network  Services  Division,  Mr.  Cooke  was  a  staff  attorney  in  the  Legal  Branch  of  the  Competitive  Pricing  Division  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  from  May  1995 
 to  October  1996,  where  he  worked  on  price  cap  regulation,  regulatory  reform  for  small  carriers  and  access  charge  reform. 


 Mr.  Cooke  received  his  B.  F.  A.  from  Boston  University  in  1974  and  his  J.  D.  from  Fordham  University  School  of  Law  in  New  York  City  in  1990.  He  was  an  associate  at  the  law  firm  of 
 Willkie  Farr  &  Gallagher  (NYC)  from  1990  to  1995,  where  he  worked  on  various  litigation  and  telecommunications  matters.  Prior  to  law  school,  Cooke  was  a  senior  account  executive  with 
 Stone/  Hallinan  Public  Relations  Associates  in  New  York  City,  where  he  was  responsible  for  various  television  and  arts  projects.  Mr.  Cooke  was  also  a  stage  manager  at  the  Juilliard  School,  and 
 appeared  on  the  television  series,  "Homicide:  Life  in  the  Street."  Greg  lives  with  his  wife  and  two  children  in  Montgomery  County,  MD. 


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