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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 For  Immediate  Release:  News  Media  Contact:  July  15,  2004  Audrey  Spivack  at  (202)  418-  0512 
 ERIC  MALINEN  NAMED  FCC  LIAISON  TO  THE  U.  S.  SMALL  BUSINESS  ADMINISTRATION 
 Washington,  DC  –  Eric  Malinen,  of  the  FCC’s  Office  of  Communications  Business  Opportunities  (OCBO),  has  been  named  FCC  Liaison  to  the  U.  S.  Small  Business  Administration 
 (SBA).  In  addition  to  his  duties  as  FCC  Liaison  to  the  SBA,  Mr.  Malinen  will  continue  his  current  duties  as  Senior  Legal  Advisor  to  the  OCBO  Director,  Carolyn  Fleming  Williams. 


 Mr.  Malinen’s  new  position  reflects  his  longstanding  work  with  the  SBA.  Since  December  1996,  when  he  joined  OCBO,  Mr.  Malinen  has  specialized  in  small  business  telecommunications 
 matters  and  has  worked  closely  with  three  SBA  offices:  the  Office  of  Advocacy,  the  Office  of  the  National  Ombudsman,  and  the  Office  of  Size  Standards.  He  has  also  instituted  FCC  in-  house 
 programs  to  ensure  that  the  Commission  meets  its  ongoing  obligations  under  the  Small  Business  Act,  the  Regulatory  Flexibility  Act,  the  Small  Business  Regulatory  Enforcement  Fairness  Act  of 
 1996,  and  the  Small  Business  Paperwork  Relief  Act  of  2002. 
 Ms.  Williams  stated,  “Eric’s  efforts  have  consistently  had  a  positive  impact  on  the  FCC’s  relationship  with  the  SBA,  and  I  know  that  he  will  be  an  outstanding  liaison.” 


 Previously,  Mr.  Malinen  served  as  a  senior  staff  attorney  in  various  positions  within  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  and  the  former  Private  Radio  Bureau.  Before  joining  the 
 FCC  in  1988,  he  was  an  Associate  Counsel  for  the  former  U.  S.  House  Subcommittee  on  Telecommunications  and  Finance  (1987),  and  prior  to  that  was  a  research  attorney  in  Minnesota. 
 He  was  Law  Clerk  to  Justice  Lawrence  Yetka  of  the  Minnesota  Supreme  Court.  He  received  his  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Minnesota  Law  School,  where  he  was  Managing  Editor  of  the  Law 
 Review,  and  a  B.  A.  in  Economics  and  Political  Science  from  St.  Olaf  College  in  Northfield,  Minnesota. 


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