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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:  Monday,  August  9,  2004  Cindi  Schieber  at  (202)  418-  7530 
 e-  mail:  Cindi.  Schieber@  fcc.  gov 
 SCOTT  D.  DELACOURT  NAMED  DEPUTY  BUREAU  CHIEF  OF  THE  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU 


 Washington,  DC  –  John  Muleta,  Chief  of  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  has  announced  that  Scott  D.  Delacourt  will  become  a  Deputy  Bureau  Chief. 
 In  his  new  position,  Delacourt  will  oversee  matters  before  the  Bureau’s  Broadband  Division  and  before  the  Bureau’s  Spectrum  &  Competition  Policy  Division. 
 “As  Chief  of  Staff,  Scott  has  provided  valuable  leadership  and  counsel  during  an  eventful  year  for  the  Bureau  --  including  a  reorganization  and  an  active  policy  agenda,”  said  Muleta.  “I  am 
 pleased  to  have  someone  of  his  talents  to  address  the  challenges  of  this  new  portfolio.” 
 Most  recently,  Delacourt  served  as  Chief  of  Staff  and  Associate  Bureau  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Bureau.  In  that  role,  he  was  responsible  for  providing  staffing  and  support  for  the  Bureau  Chief, 


 long  range  agenda  planning,  and  Bureau  management. 
 Prior  to  assuming  that  position,  Delacourt  served  as  Senior  Counsel  in  the  Office  of  General  Counsel,  where  he  advised  the  Chairman’s  Office  on  wireless  and  international  matters.  His  tenure 
 in  the  General  Counsel’s  Office  followed  prior  service  in  the  Wireless  Bureau,  as  Legal  Advisor  to  former  Bureau  Chief  Tom  Sugrue. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Delacourt  was  an  attorney  with  the  law  firm  of  Wiley,  Rein  &  Fielding,  where  he  specialized  in  communications  law  issues,  including  wireless,  Internet, 
 common  carrier,  and  appellate  matters.  In  addition,  he  is  a  Trustee  of  the  FCBA  Foundation,  where  he  serves  as  the  Secretary. 


 Delacourt  received  his  B.  A.,  summa  cum  laude,  from  Georgetown  University.  He  received  his  J.  D.,  cum  laude,  from  the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School. 
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