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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: 
 April  16,  2004  Lauren  Patrich  at  (202)  418-  7944  Email:  lauren.  patrich@  fcc.  gov 
 FCC  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  APPOINTMENTS  IN  MOBILITY  DIVISION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  John  B.  Muleta,  Chief  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  announced  that  Thomas  Derenge  has  been 
 appointed  Deputy  Division  Chief  for  Engineering  and  Renée  Roland  Crittendon  appointed  Associate  Division  Chief  of  the  Bureau’s  Mobility  Division. 


 Mr.  Derenge  served  for  the  past  four  years  as  Chief  of  the  Spectrum  Policy  Branch  of  the  FCC’s  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology.  Mr.  Derenge,  whose  technical  expertise  includes 
 spectrum  use  and  electromagnetic  compatibility  among  radio  services,  has  worked  in  spectrum  management  at  the  FCC  since  1991.  He  received  his  Electrical  Engineering  degree  from  the 
 Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute  and  State  University. 
 Ms.  Crittendon  most  recently  served  as  Senior  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Competition  Policy  Division  of  the  FCC’s  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  where  she  managed  the  review  of 
 several  section  271  applications  and  various  local  competition  rulemaking  proceedings.  Before  joining  the  Commission  in  2001,  Ms.  Crittendon  served  as  Deputy  Chief  Counsel-Telecommunications 
 for  Prism  Communication  Services,  Inc.  and  as  an  Associate  at  the  law  firms  of  Leventhal  Senter  &  Lerman  PLLC  and  Piper  &  Marbury  (now  Piper  Rudnick  LLC). 
 Ms.  Crittendon  received  her  law  degree  from  the  George  Washington  University  National  Law  Center  and  her  undergraduate  degree  in  Economics  from  Georgetown  University. 


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