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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  August  6,  2004  Janice  Wise  (202)  418-  8165 
 Janice.  Wise@  fcc.  gov 


 ENFORCEMENT  BUREAU  NAMES  ASSISTANT  CHIEF  OF  INVESTIGATIONS  &  HEARINGS  DIVISION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Eric  Bash  has  been  named  Assistant  Division  Chief  of  the  Investigations  and  Hearings  Division.  His  responsibilities  include  managing  and  supervising  audits  and 
 investigations  of  potential  violations  of  the  Commission’s  competition  and  universal  service  rules  for  common  carriers,  as  well  as  other  matters. 


 Since  joining  the  FCC  in  1996,  Mr.  Bash  has  served  in  a  number  of  Bureaus  as  an  Attorney  Advisor,  including  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division,  where 
 he  reviewed  271  applications  and  applications  for  transfers  of  control.  Mr.  Bash  comes  to  the  Enforcement  Bureau  from  the  Media  Bureau’s  Policy  Division,  where  he  also  served  as  a  Special 
 Counsel  to  the  Commission’s  Localism  Task  Force.  Prior  to  the  FCC,  Mr.  Bash  investigated  and  prosecuted  consumer  protection  matters  in  federal  courts  for  the  Federal  Trade  Commission.  He 
 received  his  A.  B.  magna  cum  laude  from  Duke  University  and  his  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 


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