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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: 
 December  11,  2003  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253  Email:  michael.  balmoris@  fcc.  gov 
 NARDA  JONES  NAMED  DEPUTY  DIVISION  CHIEF  OF  THE  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  ACCESS  POLICY  DIVISION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  William  Maher,  Chief  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC),  made  the  following 
 personnel  announcement. 
 Narda  Jones  has  been  named  Deputy  Division  Chief  of  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  In  this  position,  Ms.  Jones 


 will  oversee  the  policies  and  procedures  governing  the  universal  service  mechanism  for  the  schools  and  libraries  program. 


 Since  February  2003,  Ms.  Jones  served  as  the  Legal  Counsel  to  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  Chief,  primarily  responsible  for  universal  service  issues.  Previously, 
 Ms.  Jones  was  a  Senior  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  She  has  worked  on  a  variety  of  universal 
 service  matters,  including  reforming  the  schools  and  libraries  universal  service  support  mechanism,  universal  service  contribution  methodology,  rural  health  care  and  fund 
 administration.  She  also  served  as  the  team  leader  on  the  Commission's  implementation  of  the  Children's  Internet  Protection  Act. 


 Before  joining  the  Commission  in  2001,  Ms  Jones  served  as  an  Assistant  Minnesota  Attorney  General  and  advised  the  Minnesota  Public  Utilities  Commission  on 
 telecommunications  and  energy  issues.  Ms.  Jones  also  served  as  a  criminal  prosecutor  in  the  Minneapolis  City  Attorney's  Office.  Ms.  Jones  received  a  B.  A.  in  Government  from 
 Wesleyan  University  and  a  J.  D.  from  Brooklyn  Law  School. 
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