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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  29,  2004  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  michael.  balmoris@  fcc.  gov 
 FCC  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  PERSONNEL  PROMOTIONS  IN  THE  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  ACCESS  POLICY  DIVISION 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  William  Maher,  Chief  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission’s  (FCC)  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  made  the  following  personnel  promotions. 
 Tony  Dale  has  been  named  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  (TAPD).  In  addition  to  his  responsibilities  in  TAPD,  Mr.  Dale  will  serve  as  special 
 counsel  to  the  Bureau  Chief  on  homeland  security  and  critical  infrastructure  protection  issues. 
 Mr.  Dale  joined  the  FCC  in  1997  as  an  attorney-  advisor  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau’s  Accounting  &  Audits  Division.  Mr.  Dale  has  served  as  an  Assistant  Division  Chief  in  the 
 International  Bureau’s  Strategic  Analysis  and  Negotiations  Division,  the  Enforcement  Bureau’s  Investigation  &  Hearings  Division,  and  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau’s  Accounting  Safeguards 
 Division. 
 Before  rejoining  the  FCC,  Mr.  Dale  served  as  an  infantry  officer  in  the  United  States  Army  and  worked  at  a  private  firm  in  the  telecommunications  industry.  Mr.  Dale  received  his 
 J.  D.  with  honors  from  the  University  of  Baltimore  in  1997  and  his  B.  A.  in  International  Studies  from  Dickinson  College  in  1990. 


 Gina  Spade  was  promoted  to  Assistant  Division  Chief  of  the  TAPD.  Ms.  Spade  has  been  an  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Bureau's  Competition  Policy  Division  since  April  2002.  She  led 
 teams  reviewing  Bell  Operating  Company  section  271  applications  and  worked  as  a  team  member  on  other  section  271  applications.  Ms.  Spade  also  has  worked  on  Voice  over  Internet 
 Protocol  (VoIP)  issues  and  local  competition  rulemaking  proceedings. 
 Ms.  Spade  is  also  an  adjunct  professor  at  George  Washington  University  Law  School.  Prior  to  joining  the  FCC,  Ms.  Spade  worked  as  an  associate  in  the  communications  group  at 
 Hogan  &  Hartson  LLP.  and  as  an  associate  at  Mintz,  Levin,  Cohn,  Ferris,  Glovsky  and  Popeo,  P.  C.,  where  she  specialized  in  telecommunications  and  corporate  law.  Ms.  Spade  received  her 
 J.  D.  from  the  Georgetown  University  Law  Center.  She  earned  her  B.  A.  in  journalism,  magna  cum  laude,  from  Wichita  State  University. 


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