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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:  July  16,  2003  David  Fiske  at  (202)  418-  0500 
 ENFORCEMENT  BUREAU’S  TECHNICAL  AND  PUBLIC  SAFETY  DIVISION  IS  RENAMED  SPECTRUM  ENFORCEMENT  DIVISION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  FCC’s  Enforcement  Bureau  announced  that  it  has  changed  the  name  of  its  Technical  and  Public  Safety  Division  to  the  Spectrum  Enforcement 
 Division.  The  new  name  is  intended  to  better  reflect  the  functions  and  responsibilities  of  the  Division. 


 The  renamed  Spectrum  Enforcement  Division  will  continue  to  carry  out  its  existing  functions,  which  include  enforcement  (and  support  for  enforcement  by  the  Bureau’s  Field 
 Offices)  in  such  areas  as  unauthorized  construction  and  operation,  interference,  equipment  requirements,  911  and  E-  911,  and  radio  tower  lighting.  The  Division’s  responsibilities  also 
 include  the  provision  of  engineering  technology  support  to  the  Bureau’s  Field  Offices  and  the  operation  of  the  Bureau’s  high  frequency  direction-  finding  facilities. 


 Joseph  P.  Casey  is  the  Chief  of  the  Spectrum  Enforcement  Division.  Ricardo  Durham  and  Kathy  Berthot  are  Deputy  Division  Chiefs. 
 The  name  change  will  take  effect  immediately. 
 Enforcement  Bureau  Contact:  Lisa  M.  Fowlkes  at  (202)  418-  7450. 


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