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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT  February  7,  2003  David  Fiske  (202-  418-  0513 
 KATHLEEN  O’BRIEN  HAM  AND  MAUREEN  C.  McLAUGHLIN  NAMED  TO  NEW  OFFICE  OF  STRATEGIC  PLANNING  AND  POLICY  ANALYSIS 
 Washington,  DC  –  Kathleen  O’Brien  Ham  will  be  named  Deputy  Chief,  and  Maureen  C.  McLaughlin  will  be  named  Chief  of  Staff  in  the  new  Office  of  Strategic  Planning  and  Policy 
 Analysis  (OSP). 
 The  new  Office  will  emphasize  strategic  planning,  focusing  on  the  Commission’s  short  and  long-  term  policy  objectives,  as  well  as  incorporate  the  policy  functions  of  the  existing  Office 
 of  Plans  and  Policy. 
 Kathleen  O'Brien  Ham  is  serving  as  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (WTB)  overseeing  auctions,  licensing,  spectrum,  and  legislative  matters  for  the  Bureau 
 since  1998.  She  also  served  as  the  first  Chief  of  WTB's  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis,  as  Legal  Advisor  to  the  Chief  of  the  Commercial  Wireless  Division,  and  as  a  Senior  Attorney  in  the 
 Private  Radio  and  Mass  Media  Bureaus.  Prior  to  coming  to  the  FCC  in  1990,  Ms.  Ham  was  in  private  law  practice  with  the  firm  of  Akin,  Gump,  Strauss,  Hauer  and  Feld.  She  has  a  law  degree 
 from  Catholic  University  (1986)  and  an  undergraduate  degree  in  journalism  from  the  University  of  Colorado  (1980). 


 Maureen  C.  McLaughlin,  is  serving  as  Senior  Counsel  for  Law  and  Policy  in  the  Office  of  General  Counsel  where  she  advised  the  General  Counsel  and  the  Chairman’s  office  on 
 wireless  telecommunications  and  spectrum  management  issues.  She  formerly  served  as  Senior  Counsel  to  the  Communications  Subcommittee  of  the  Senate  Commerce  Committee  where  she 
 was  principal  policy  advisor  in  all  telecommunications  matters,  including  media  ownership,  spectrum  policy  and  digital  rights  management,  to  Chairman  John  McCain  and  members  of  the 
 Senate  Commerce  Committee.  Ms.  McLaughlin  is  a  Phi  Beta  Kappa  graduate  of  the  University  of  Miami  and  a  graduate  of  the  Duke  University  School  of  Law. 


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