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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:  June  2,  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. 
 Cathy  Carpino  was  promoted  to  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  (TAPD).  Ms.  Carpino  previously  served  as  Assistant  Chief  in  the  Enforcement 
 Bureau’s  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division.  Prior  to  that,  Ms.  Carpino  worked  in  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau’s  Competition  Policy  Division  as  a  senior  attorney,  where  she 
 worked  on  broadband  matters,  the  FCC’s  Triennial  Review  proceeding,  and  the  Bureau's  Virginia  Arbitration. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  FCC  in  2001,  Ms.  Carpino  worked  as  a  senior  counsel  to  the  Massachusetts  Department  of  Telecommunications  and  Energy  overseeing,  among  other  matters, 
 that  agency's  section  271  proceeding  and  various  arbitrations.  After  graduating  from  law  school,  Ms.  Carpino  also  worked  for  several  members  of  the  United  States  Senate. 


 Ms.  Carpino  received  a  B.  A.  from  Trinity  College  in  Connecticut  and  a  J.  D.  from  Tulane  University. 


 Katie  King  was  promoted  to  Special  Counsel  of  the  TAPD.  Ms.  King  has  been  an  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  since  September  1997. 
 She  has  played  a  principal  role  in  the  major  high-  cost  universal  service  proceedings  before  the  Commission  over  the  past  seven  years. 


 Before  joining  the  FCC,  Ms.  King  served  as  Majority  Communications  Counsel  for  the  Senate  Committee  on  Commerce,  Science,  and  Transportation,  where  she  worked  on  the 
 Telecommunications  Act  of  1996.  She  also  served  as  a  Legislative  Assistant  for  Senator  Larry  Pressler  before  he  became  the  Chairman  of  the  Commerce  Committee.  Prior  to  working  for  the 
 Senate,  Ms.  King  was  an  associate  at  the  law  firm  of  Wiley,  Rein  and  Fielding. 
 Ms.  King  received  her  J.  D.  from  Harvard  Law  School,  where  she  was  Coordinating  Editor  of  the  Journal  on  Legislation.  Ms.  King  received  her  M.  A.,  and  B.  A.,  summa  cum  laude, 
 from  the  University  of  Minnesota. 
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