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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  CONTACTS:  August  4,  2004  Richard  Diamond  at  202-  418-  0506 
 Diane  Griffin  at  202-  418-  7294 
 POWELL  ANNOUNCES  CHANGES  IN  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU;  WILLIAM  MAHER  TO  LEAVE  FCC  THIS  FALL, 
 JEFFREY  CARLISLE  TO  BE  NAMED  BUREAU  CHIEF 
 Washington,  DC  –  FCC  Chairman  Michael  K.  Powell  today  announced  that  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  Chief  William  Maher  is  leaving  the  Commission  this  fall, 
 and  that  he  intends  to  name  Jeffrey  Carlisle  to  the  position  of  Bureau  Chief.  Mr.  Carlisle  will  begin  serving  as  Acting  Chief  on  August  9,  until  his  permanent  appointment  as 
 Chief. 
 Powell  said,  “I  must  regretfully  announce  Bill  Maher  has  decided  to  move  on  from  his  position  as  Chief  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau.  Bill  has  served  as  Bureau 
 Chief  for  two  years  and  during  that  time  he  has  made  invaluable  contributions  to  the  Commission.  During  his  tenure,  the  Bureau  tackled  a  myriad  of  issues  that  will  forever 
 impact  the  telecommunications  landscape,  including  VOIP,  access  charge  reform,  e-  rate  and  unbundled  network  elements.  Bill  is  widely  respected  for  his  fairness  in  addressing 
 these  issues  and  we  will  miss  him  greatly.” 
 Powell  said,  “I  am  happy  to  name  Jeff  Carlisle  to  head  the  Wireline  Bureau  as  Chief  at  this  critical  time.  He  has  been  a  top  manager  at  the  Commission  for  more  than 
 three  years  and  is  a  national  expert  on  Internet  and  competition  policy  issues.  He  is  uniquely  suited  to  set  the  ground  rules  for  the  telecommunications  marketplace  for  the 
 21st  Century.” 
 Carlisle  has  served  as  Senior  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Bureau  since  June  2001,  and  was  named  Co-  Director  of  the  Commission’s  Internet  Policy  Working  Group  by 
 Chairman  Powell  in  November  2003.  Before  joining  the  Commission,  he  practiced  law  independently  representing  telecommunications  providers  and  consumers.  Prior  to  that, 
 Carlisle  was  an  associate  at  the  Washington,  DC,  office  of  O’Melveny  &  Myers. 
 Carlisle  received  a  B.  A.  in  History  from  the  University  of  California,  Los  Angeles,  an  M.  A.  from  The  Fletcher  School  of  Law  and  Diplomacy,  and  a  J.  D.  from 
 Boalt  Hall,  University  of  California,  Berkeley 
 Maher  was  appointed  Chief  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  in  August  2002.  He  had  been  in  private  practice  with  the  firm  of  Halprin,  Temple,  Goodman  &  Maher. 
 Prior  to  that  he  served  as  Associate  Administrator,  Office  of  Policy  Analysis  and 
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 Development,  for  the  National  Telecommunications  and  Information  Administration  (NTIA)  in  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce  from  1989  to  1994.  He  previously  served 
 at  the  FCC  from  1985-  1989  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  as  Special  Counsel  for  Competitive  Issues. 


 Maher  received  a  B.  S.  in  Electrical  Engineering  from  the  University  of  Notre  Dame  and  an  S.  M.  in  Electrical  Engineering  from  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
 Technology.  After  serving  as  an  engineer  on  the  technical  staff  of  Bell  Laboratories,  he  attended  Harvard  Law  School  where  he  received  a  J.  D.  in  1984. 


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