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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  November  13,  2003  Chelsea  Fallon  at  (202)  418-  7991 
 BLAISE  SCINTO  NAMED  SPECIAL  COUNSEL  TO  THE  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  AND  DEPUTY  DIRECTOR  OF  THE 
 SPECTRUM  POLICY  TASK  FORCE 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  John  B.  Muleta,  Chief  of  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  has  named  Blaise  Scinto  as  Special  Counsel  for  Spectrum  Policy  in  the  Wireless  Telecommunications 
 Bureau’s  Office  of  the  Bureau  Chief. 
 In  this  new  position,  Ms.  Scinto  will  oversee  the  Wireless  Bureau’s  implementation  of  the  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force’s  recommendations  and  other  spectrum  policy  initiatives. 


 In  addition  to  her  new  appointment  in  the  Wireless  Bureau,  Scinto  will  serve  as  Deputy  Director  of  the  FCC’s  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force. 
 Ms.  Scinto  has  been  a  supervisor  in  the  Policy  Division  of  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Bureau  since  January  2000,  serving  as  Deputy  Division  Chief  and  Acting  Division  Chief.  In  this  capacity,  she  has  been 
 responsible  for  overseeing  policy  and  rulemakings  on  a  diverse  set  of  issues,  including  spectrum  policy,  enhanced  911  (E911),  consumer  and  accessibility  matters,  and  common  carrier  issues. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  Division,  Ms.  Scinto  served  as  the  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Network  Services  Division  in  the  FCC’s  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  where  she  was  primarily  responsible  for  numbering 
 administration  issues.  Before  that,  Ms.  Scinto  served  as  Legal  Counsel  to  the  Chief  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau.  She  joined  the  FCC  in  1995  as  an  attorney  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau's  Policy  and 
 Program  Planning  Division.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  Ms.  Scinto  was  an  associate  with  the  Washington  office  of  Winston  &  Strawn.  She  has  both  a  B.  A.  in  History  and  a  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Virginia. 


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