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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:  July  8,  2002  Jordan  Goldstein  at  (202)  418-  2000 
 ALEXIS  JOHNS  DETAILED  TO  ASSIST  COMMISSIONER  COPPS  ON  MEDIA  MATTERS 
 Commissioner  Michael  J.  Copps  today  announced  that  Alexis  Johns  has  been  detailed  to  his  office  to  assist  in  handling  media  and  consumer  protection  issues. 
 Ms.  Johns,  currently  serving  in  the  Competition  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  joined  the  Commission  in  May  1996  as  an  attorney  in  the  Cable 
 Services  Bureau.  During  her  tenure  at  the  Commission,  she  has  also  held  positions  in  the  Mass  Media  Bureau,  Enforcement  Bureau,  and  the  Compliance  and  Information  Bureau. 
 Before  coming  to  the  Commission,  Ms.  Johns  was  an  attorney  with  the  law  firm  of  Cooley  Godward. 


 Ms.  Johns  received  a  J.  D.  from  Stanford  Law  School  and  an  A.  B.  in  Political  Science  from  Stanford  University. 
 Commissioner  Copps  stated,  “I  am  delighted  that  Alex  will  be  assisting  in  my  office.  Her  expertise  across  a  broad  range  of  issues  at  the  Commission  will  be 
 enormously  valuable  as  we  address  complex  convergence  and  ownership  questions.” 
 Susanna  Zwerling,  who  is  currently  serving  as  Media  and  Consumer  Protection  Legal  Advisor,  is  completing  several  pending  projects  and  then  plans  to  leave  the 
 Commission. 
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