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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:  May  20,  2003  Michael  Balmoris,  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  ACTING  ASSISTANT  CHIEF  OF  THE  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  ACCESS  POLICY  DIVISION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  William  Maher,  Bureau  Chief  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  (FCC)  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  made  the  following 
 personnel  announcement. 
 Paul  Garnett  has  been  named  Acting  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  with  responsibility  for  issues  relating  to  the  receipt  of  universal 
 service  support  in  competitive  areas,  the  payment  of  universal  service  contributions,  and  the  high-  cost  universal  service  support  mechanisms.  Mr.  Garnett  will  serve  as  Acting  Assistant 
 Chief  while  Anita  Cheng  is  on  parental  leave. 
 Mr.  Garnett  joined  the  FCC  as  an  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  in  March  2000,  handling  issues  relating  to  high-  cost  universal  service 
 and  the  contribution  methodology.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  Mr.  Garnett  was  an  Associate  at  Swidler  Berlin  Shereff  Friedman,  LLP  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  in  their  telecommunications 
 practice  group.  Mr.  Garnett  received  his  J.  D.  cum  laude  from  the  Catholic  University  of  America  in  1998  and  his  B.  A.  from  Union  College  in  1992.  Prior  to  law  school,  Mr.  Garnett 
 was  a  Staff  Consultant  for  Price  Waterhouse  LLP  in  a  practice  group  specializing  in  the  privatization  of  government-  owned  telecommunications  monopolies. 


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