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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 


 FCC  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  DEPUTY  CHIEF  AND  SPECIAL  COUNSEL  TO  CHIEF  OF  THE  COMPETITION  POLICY  DIVISION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  William  Maher,  Bureau  Chief  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  (FCC)  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  made  the  following 
 personnel  announcements. 
 Scott  Bergmann  has  been  named  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Competition  Policy  Division. 
 Mr.  Bergmann  served  as  Interim  Legal  Advisor  to  Commissioner  Jonathan  S.  Adelstein  from  May  until  October  2003.  He  previously  served  as  Legal  Counsel  to  the  Chief  of  the 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  advising  the  Bureau  Chief  on  competition  policy  and  broadband  issues.  Prior  to  joining  the  Bureau's  front  office,  Mr.  Bergmann  was  an  Attorney-  Advisor  in  the 
 Industry  Analysis  Division,  where  he  worked  on  a  variety  of  local  competition,  broadband,  and  universal  service  matters,  including  section  271  applications  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA 
 service,  section  706  reports  concerning  the  deployment  of  advanced  telecommunications  capability,  and  reform  of  access  charges  of  competitive  local  phone  companies. 


 Mr.  Bergmann  received  his  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Southern  California  Law  Center  and  his  B.  A.  from  Duke  University. 
 Jeremy  Miller  has  been  named  Special  Counsel  to  the  Competition  Policy  Division. 
 Mr.  Miller  has  been  an  Attorney  Advisor  for  the  Competition  Policy  Division  since  March  2001.  He  has  most  recently  served  as  Acting  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Competition  Policy  Division,  and 
 managed  a  section  271  application  proceeding  and  interconnection  arbitration  in  that  capacity.  Mr.  Miller  has  also  led  a  number  of  teams  on  local  competition  proceedings  and  has  worked  on  several 
 section  271  applications. 
 Mr.  Miller  came  to  the  FCC  from  Hogan  &  Hartson  LLP,  where  he  specialized  in  telecommunications  law.  Before  entering  private  practice,  Mr.  Miller  clerked  for  the  Honorable 
 Charles  R.  Richey  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court  for  the  District  of  Columbia.  Mr.  Miller  received  his  J.  D.,  cum  laude,  from  the  University  of  Michigan  School  of  Law,  where  he  was  an  Associate 
 Editor  of  the  Michigan  Law  Review.  Mr.  Miller  received  his  B.  A.,  magna  cum  laude,  from  Brown  University. 
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