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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: 
 September  8,  2004  Mark  Wigfield  202-  418-  0253  Email:  mark.  wigfield@  fcc.  gov 
 MARK  WIGFIELD  TO  SERVE  AS  PRESS  SPOKESMAN  FOR  THE  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  Jeffrey  Carlisle,  Chief  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC),  made  the  following 
 personnel  announcement. 
 Mark  Wigfield  has  been  named  Wireline  Liaison  Specialist  for  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  (WCB).  In  this  position,  Mr.  Wigfield  will  manage  public  affairs  for 


 WCB,  and  will  be  the  primary  contact  for  press  inquiries  regarding  WCB’s  activities  on  conventional  wireline  telephony,  emerging  Internet  telephony  and  other  broadband 
 services,  universal  service  subsidies  and  other  matters  affecting  the  telecommunications  industry  and  its  users. 


 Prior  to  coming  to  the  FCC,  Mr.  Wigfield  spent  five  years  as  a  reporter  in  the  Washington  Bureau  of  Dow  Jones  Newswires.  He  covered  the  FCC,  Congress  and 
 executive  branch  agencies  on  a  beat  that  included  communications  policy,  the  high-  tech  industry  and  antitrust. 


 He  has  also  been  a  regional  reporter  in  Washington  covering  Capitol  Hill  and  federal  agencies  for  local  papers  across  the  country  since  1986. 
 Mr.  Wigfield  has  a  B.  A.  from  Beloit  College  in  Beloit,  Wisconsin. 
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 News  about  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  can  also  be  found  on  the  Commission’s  web  site  www.  fcc.  gov. 
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