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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  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:  December  11,  2002  Robin  Pence  at  (202)  418-  0505 
 CHANGES  ON  FCC  SPECTRUM  POLICY  TASK  FORCE  ANNOUNCED  Dr.  Paul  Kolodzy  to  leave  FCC  and  join  faculty  of  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology 
 Washington,  DC  –  Chairman  Michael  K.  Powell  announced  today  that  Dr.  Paul  Kolodzy,  Director  of  the  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force  and  Senior  Spectrum  Policy  Advisor,  will  be  leaving 
 the  Commission  this  week  to  join  the  faculty  of  the  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology  in  Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  where  Dr.  Kolodzy  has  been  appointed  Director  of  the  Center  for  Wireless  Network 
 Security  and  Professor  in  the  School  of  Engineering  and  Technology  Management. 
 Chairman  Powell  remarked,  “I  want  to  express  my  sincere  thanks  and  gratitude  for  Dr.  Kolodzy’s  leadership  at  the  helm  of  the  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force.  In  the  short  nine  months 
 since  he  came  to  the  Commission,  Paul  and  the  Task  Force  have  done  a  phenomenal  job  delivering  on  their  obligations  to  study  and  recommend  important  changes  to  spectrum  policy. 
 Our  spectrum  policy  reform  effort  is  one  of  our  most  important  initiatives  and  I  am  very  pleased  with  the  progress  of  the  Task  Force.  I  see  great  promise  for  positive  developments  in  this  area.” 


 Chairman  Powell  also  praised  Lauren  Van  Wazer,  Deputy  Director  of  the  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force,  for  her  tireless  efforts  that  were  instrumental  in  getting  the  work  of  the  Task 
 Force  accomplished.  Ms.  Van  Wazer  will  return  to  her  duties  as  Special  Counsel  to  the  Chief  of  the  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology. 


 With  Dr.  Kolodzy  leaving  the  Commission,  Peter  Tenhula,  currently  Co-  Director,  will  become  the  Director  of  the  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force. 
 Fred  Thomas,  Chief  of  the  Spectrum  Coordination  Branch  in  the  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology,  will  become  a  Deputy  Director  of  the  Task  Force.  Mr.  Thomas  will  retain  his 
 existing  responsibilities  in  OET,  including  his  role  as  FCC  liaison  to  the  Interdepartment  Radio  Advisory  Committee  (IRAC).  Mary  McManus,  Senior  Counsel  in  the  Office  of  General 
 Counsel,  will  be  Special  Counsel  on  the  Task  Force. 
 More  information  about  the  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force  may  be  found  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  sptf/. 


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