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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  CONTACTS  February  3,  2003  Robin  Pence  (202)  418-  0505 
 Lauren  Kravetz  Patrich  (202)  418-  7944 


 JOHN  MULETA  COMMENCES  DUTIES  TODAY  AS  CHIEF  OF  FCC  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU 
 Washington,  DC  -  FCC  Chairman  Michael  Powell  today  announced  that  John  Muleta  is  commencing  duties  today  as  the  new  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau.  On 
 January  23,  2003,  Powell  announced  his  intention  to  name  Muleta  to  the  position. 
 Muleta  joins  the  FCC  from  Source  1  Technologies  LLC  where  he  was  President  and  CEO  of  the  privately  held  systems  integration  firm  based  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  was  also  a 
 cofounder  of  OI  Systems  Inc.,  a  Washington-  based  management  consulting  firm. 
 Muleta  previously  served  at  the  FCC  from  1994-  1998  where  he  held  various  positions  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  and  the  Office  of  Plans  and  Policy,  including  Deputy  Bureau  Chief 
 in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  and  Chief  of  the  Enforcement  Division  of  that  bureau.  After  leaving  the  FCC,  Muleta  worked  at  PSINet,  Inc.  from  1998-  2000  where  he  held  the  position  of 
 President  for  PSINet  Ventures  Inc.  and,  prior  to  that,  was  President  of  PSINet's  Global  Facilities  Division  and  President  of  its  India,  Middle  East  and  Africa  Division.  He  began  his  career  at 
 GTE  Corporation  and  later  worked  at  Coopers  &  Lybrand  Consulting,  LLC,  before  joining  the  Commission  in  1994. 


 Muleta  received  his  BS  in  Systems  Engineering  at  the  University  of  Virginia  School  of  Engineering  and  Applied  Sciences  in  1986  and  his  MBA  and  JD  from  the  University  of  Virginia 
 Joint  Degree  Program  in  1993,  where  he  received  the  Shermet  Scholar  Award  for  outstanding  scholarship. 


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