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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:  March  2,  2004  Michael  Balmoris  at  (202)  418-  0253 
 Email:  Michael.  Balmoris@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  DEPUTY  CHIEF  AND  ASSISTANT  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  promotions: 
 William  Dever  promoted  to  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Competition  Policy  Division. 
 Mr.  Dever  joined  the  Competition  Policy  Division  in  March  1998,  and  has  served  as  Assistant  Division  Chief  since  January  2001.  Mr.  Dever  has  worked  as  a  team  leader  or  manager 
 on  numerous  section  271  applications,  section  214  applications  for  mergers  and  reorganizations  of  telecommunications  carriers,  and  various  local  competition  rulemaking  proceedings.  Prior  to 
 joining  the  Competition  Policy  Division,  Mr.  Dever  was  a  Supervisory  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Mass  Media  Bureau's  Audio  Services  Division,  applying  the  Commission's  media  ownership 
 rules  to  broadcast  licensees. 
 Mr.  Dever  received  his  J.  D.  from  the  Catholic  University  of  America  and  his  B.  A.  in  Journalism  from  Temple  University's  School  of  Communications  and  Theater. 


 Jeremy  Miller  promoted  to  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Competition  Policy  Division. 
 Mr.  Miller  has  been  an  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Competition  Policy  Division  since  March  2001.  He  has  most  recently  served  as  Special  Counsel  to  the  Division  and  as  Acting  Assistant  Chief.  Mr. 
 Miller  has  worked  as  a  manager  or  team  leader  on  section  271  applications,  interconnection  arbitrations,  and  local  competition  rulemaking  proceedings.  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  and  his  B.  A.,  magna  cum  laude,  from  Brown 
 University. 
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