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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:  February  13,  2003  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 


 ERIC  EINHORN  APPOINTED  CHIEF  OF  THE  FCC’S  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  ACCESS  POLICY  DIVISION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  William  Maher,  Chief  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC),  made  the  following 
 personnel  announcement. 
 Eric  Einhorn  has  been  appointed  Chief  of  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  The  Telecommunications  Access 
 Policy  Division,  among  other  things,  administers  the  Commission's  oversight  over  funds  used  to  support  universal  service,  Telecommunications  Relay  Service  (TRS),  and 
 numbering  resources. 
 Since  July  2002,  Mr.  Einhorn  has  been  Acting  Chief  of  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division.  Prior  to  being  named  Acting  Chief,  Mr.  Einhorn  was  Deputy 
 Chief  of  the  Division  and  a  staff  attorney  in  the  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Mr.  Einhorn  was  an  associate  at  Swidler  Berlin  Shereff  Friedman,  LLP  in  Washington,  D.  C.  in  the  Telecommunications  Group  and 
 Cadwalader,  Wickersham  &  Taft  in  New  York  City.  After  graduating  from  law  school,  Mr.  Einhorn  served  as  a  judicial  law  clerk  for  the  Honorable  Roger  G.  Strand  of  the 
 United  States  District  Court  for  the  District  of  Arizona.  Mr.  Einhorn  received  his  J.  D.  cum  laude  from  Boston  College  Law  School  in  1995,  where  he  was  an  Executive  Editor 
 of  the  Boston  College  Law  Review.  Mr.  Einhorn  received  a  B.  S.  from  Cornell  University  in  1992. 


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