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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:  March  7,  2003  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  MANAGEMENT  CHANGES  IN  INDUSTRY  ANALYSIS  AND  TECHNOLOGY  DIVISION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  William  F.  Maher,  Bureau  Chief  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  (FCC)  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  made  the  following 
 personnel  announcement. 
 Peyton  Wynns  will  join  the  FCC’s  International  Bureau  as  a  senior  economist  in  the  Strategic  Analysis  and  Negotiations  Division.  Mr.  Wynns  joined  the  FCC  in  June  1984  as  the 
 first  chief  of  the  newly  established  Industry  Analysis  Division  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau.  The  division  is  responsible  for  undertaking  analytic  and  statistical  studies  and  publishing  reports 
 on  the  wireline  telecommunications  industry,  developing  and  implementing  procedures  to  monitor  the  impact  of  policy  decisions  on  the  industry  and  its  users,  and  planning,  coordinating, 
 and  reviewing  nation-  wide  data  collection  efforts  and  industry  operating  practices. 
 Mr.  Wynns  served  in  that  position  and  later  as  chief  of  the  Industry  Analysis  and  Technology  Division  (IATD)  for  a  record  tenure  of  18  years.  During  those  years  the  division 
 has  built  a  formidable  internal  consulting  group  producing  numerous  models  and  analyses  for  internal  use.  IATD  also  develops  and  produces  a  multitude  of  published  reports  such  as  the 
 Local  Competition  Report,  High  Speed  Internet  Access  Report,  Statistics  of  Communications  Common  Carriers,  Trends  in  Telephone  Service,  and  the  Universal  Service  Joint  Board 
 Monitoring  Report.  Under  Mr.  Wynns’  leadership,  IATD  has  been  a  leader  in  the  development  of  electronic  reporting  and  outreach  by  the  Commission—  including  the 
 pioneering  FCC-  State  Link  bulletin  board  system  developed  to  share  information  with  the  states  before  internet  or  other  electronic  information  sharing  systems  were  in  common  use. 


 After  his  tenure  as  a  division  chief,  Mr.  Wynns  is  eager  to  have  the  opportunity  to  concentrate  on  research  rather  than  management.  Prior  to  joining  the  FCC,  Mr.  Wynns  had 
 worked  as  an  economist  and  analyst  for  the  Congressional  Budget  Office,  the  Senate  Commerce  Committee,  and  the  Secretary  of  Transportation.  While  a  replacement  is  sought 
 for  Peyton  Wynns,  Alan  Feldman  will  serve  as  Acting  Chief  of  the  Industry  Analysis  and  Technology  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau. 


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