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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:  May  20,  2002  Meribeth  McCarrick  at  (202)  418-  0654 
 e-  mail:  mmccarri@  fcc.  gov 
 WIRELESS  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  POLICY  DIVISION  STAFF  CHANGES  Barry  Ohlson  Named  Division  Chief 
 Blaise  Scinto  Named  Senior  Deputy  Division  Chief  Jared  Carlson  Named  Deputy  Division  Chief 


 Washington,  DC  –  Thomas  Sugrue,  Chief  of  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (Bureau),  has  announced  the  following  staff  changes  in  the  Bureau’s  Policy  Division: 
 Barry  Ohlson  Named  Division  Chief 
 Barry  Ohlson  has  been  named  Chief  of  the  Bureau’s  Policy  Division.  Most  recently  Ohlson  served  as  a  Legal  Advisor  in  the  Bureau’s  Office  of  the  Bureau  Chief.  In  that  position  he  advised  the  Bureau 


 Chief  and  Deputies  on  various  wireless  regulatory  issues,  including  matters  before  the  Bureau’s  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division.  During  that  time  Ohlson  also  served  for  three  months  as  acting 
 Division  Chief  of  the  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division. 
 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission  he  was  Senior  Director  of  Federal  Regulatory  Affairs  at  Winstar  Communications,  Inc.  In  that  position,  Ohlson  was  responsible  for  spectrum  and  related  matters  impacting 


 the  company  before  the  Commission,  Congress  and  the  International  Telecommunications  Union.  Prior  to  working  at  Winstar,  he  was  an  Associate  at  McDermott,  Will  &  Emery  and  an  Associate  at  Keller  and 
 Heckman. 
 Ohlson  holds  a  J.  D.  from  George  Washington  University  and  a  B.  A.  from  the  College  of  William  and  Mary. 


 Blaise  Scinto  Named  Senior  Deputy  Division  Chief 
 Blaise  Scinto  has  been  named  Senior  Deputy  Division  Chief  of  the  Policy  Division,  where  she  has  served  as  a  Deputy  Division  Chief  since  January  2000.  In  that  position  she  has  been  primarily 


 responsible  for  overseeing  a  wide  variety  of  issues  including  E911  and  spectrum  matters. 
 Prior  to  joining  the  Bureau’s  Policy  Division  she  was  a  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Network  Services  Division  of  the  FCC's  Common  Carrier  Bureau.  Scinto  also  served  as  Legal  Counsel  to  the  Chief  of  the 


 Common  Carrier  Bureau  under  three  successive  Bureau  Chiefs.  Scinto  joined  the  Commission  in  1995  as  an  attorney  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau's  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division.  Before  joining  the  FCC, 
 she  was  an  Associate  with  the  Washington  office  of  Winston  &  Strawn. 
 Scinto  holds  a  J.  D.  and  B.  A  in  history  from  the  University  of  Virginia. 
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 Jared  Carlson  Named  Deputy  Division  Chief 
 Jared  Carlson  has  been  named  a  Deputy  Division  Chief  of  the  Policy  Division.  Before  joining  the  Bureau  Carlson  served  as  a  Legal  Counsel  to  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  Chief.  During  that  time  he  advised 
 the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  Chief  on  issues  before  that  Bureau’s  Network  Services,  Policy  and  Program  Planning,  Accounting  Safeguards,  and  Accounting  Policy  Divisions. 


 Prior  to  that  position  Carlson  worked  in  the  Network  Services  Division  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau.  He  worked  primarily  on  numbering  issues,  and  was  the  Alternate  Designated  Federal  Official  for 
 the  North  American  Numbering  Council.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  Carlson  was  Associate  at  Crowe  &  Dunlevy,  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma. 


 Carlson  holds  a  J.  D.  from  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  and  a  B.  A.  in  Economics  from  the  University  of  Virginia. 
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