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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: 
 January  27,  2005  Barry  Ohlson:  (202)  418-  2300  e-  mail:  barry.  ohlson@  fcc.  gov 
 COMMISSIONER  JONATHAN  S.  ADELSTEIN  ANNOUNCES  INTERIM  STAFF  APPOINTMENT 
 Washington,  DC  –  FCC  Commissioner  Jonathan  S.  Adelstein  announced  today  that  Eric  Bash  has  been  detailed  to  his  staff  as  an  Interim  Legal  Advisor  working  on  media  issues  pending 
 the  selection  of  a  permanent  advisor.  Bash  is  currently  Assistant  Chief  in  the  Enforcement  Bureau,  Investigations  &  Hearings  Division.  He  previously  served  as  Special  Counsel  to  the 
 Commission's  Localism  Task  Force,  and  as  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Media  Bureau,  Policy  Division,  and  in  the  former  Mass  Media  Bureau,  Policy  &  Rules  Division.  He  also  has  worked 
 in  the  Common  Carrier  (now  Wireline  Competition)  and  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureaus.  Before  joining  the  Commission  in  1996,  Eric  worked  for  the  Federal  Trade  Commission, 
 representing  the  agency  in  consumer  protection  litigation  in  the  federal  courts.  Eric  received  his  J.  D.  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  his  A.  B.  from  Duke  University. 


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