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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: 
 April  21,  2003  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253  Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 
 STEVEN  F.  MORRIS  NAMED  DEPUTY  CHIEF  OF  THE  PRICING  POLICY  DIVISION  OF  THE  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  William  Maher,  Chief  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC),  today  made  the  following  personnel 
 announcement. 
 Steve  Morris  has  been  named  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  In  this  position,  Mr.  Morris  will  be  responsible  for 


 proceedings  related  to  the  Commission’s  rules  on  intercarrier  compensation  and  pricing  of  unbundled  network  elements,  as  well  as  other  matters  within  the  Pricing  Policy 
 Division. 


 Since  October  2001,  Mr.  Morris  has  served  as  a  Staff  Attorney  in  the  Pricing  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  He  has  worked  on  the  Intercarrier 
 Compensation  proceeding,  the  pricing  portion  of  the  Virginia  Arbitration  proceeding,  and  the  Triennial  Review  proceeding.  Mr.  Morris  also  was  a  team  leader  for  the  first  Qwest 
 271  proceeding. 
 Before  joining  the  Commission  in  2001,  Mr.  Morris  was  Director-  Regulatory  Affairs  for  Global  Metro  Networks  Inc.  Prior  to  that,  Mr.  Morris  was  an  attorney  at 


 Hogan  &  Hartson,  LLP  and  Dow,  Lohnes  &  Albertson.  Mr.  Morris  received  his  B.  S.  in  Economics  from  the  Wharton  School  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  his  J.  D.  from 
 George  Mason  University  School  of  Law. 
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