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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  29,  2003  Meribeth  McCarrick  at  (202)  418-  0654 
 e-  mail:  mmccarri@  fcc.  gov 
 SCOTT  D.  DELACOURT  NAMED  CHIEF  OF  STAFF  OF  THE  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU 


 Washington,  DC  –  John  Muleta,  Chief  of  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  has  named  Scott  D.  Delacourt  as  his  Chief  of  Staff/  Associate  Bureau  Chief. 
 In  his  new  position,  Delacourt  will  oversee  strategic  planning,  assist  in  Bureau  management,  and  advise  the  Bureau  Chief  on  key  policy  initiatives. 
 “Scott  brings  the  type  of  creative  thinking  to  the  Wireless  Bureau  that  our  portfolio  of  challenging  spectrum  policy  issues  demands,”  said  Muleta.  “His  experience  and  expertise  will  be 
 invaluable  in  advancing  the  policy  and  organizational  agenda  of  both  the  Bureau  and  the  Commission.” 


 Prior  to  assuming  his  new  position,  Delacourt  served  as  Senior  Counsel  in  the  Office  of  General  Counsel.  As  Senior  Counsel,  he  advised  both  the  General  Counsel  and  the  Chairman’s 
 Office  on  wireless,  international,  engineering  &  technology,  consumer  &  governmental  affairs,  and  enforcement  issues.  His  tenure  in  the  General  Counsel’s  Office  followed  prior  service  in  the 
 Wireless  Bureau,  as  Legal  Advisor  to  former  Bureau  Chief  Tom  Sugrue.  As  Legal  Advisor,  he  counseled  the  Bureau  Chief  on  a  variety  of  important  wireless  issues,  including  matters  before  the 
 Bureau’s  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division. 
 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Delacourt  was  an  attorney  with  the  law  firm  of  Wiley,  Rein  &  Fielding,  where  he  specialized  in  communications  law  issues,  including  wireless,  Internet, 
 common  carrier,  and  appellate  matters. 
 Delacourt  received  his  B.  A.,  summa  cum  laude,  from  Georgetown  University.  He  received  his  J.  D.,  cum  laude,  from  the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School,  where  he  was  Articles  Editor  of  the 


 Michigan  Telecommunications  and  Technology  Law  Review. 
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