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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:  November  28,  2005  Daniel  Gonzalez  at  (202)  418-  1000 
 CHAIRMAN  KEVIN  J.  MARTIN  NAMES  NANCY  J.  VICTORY  AS  CHAIR  OF  THE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION’S  INDEPENDENT  PANEL 
 REVIEWING  THE  IMPACT  OF  HURRICANE  KATRINA  ON  COMMUNICATIONS  NETWORKS 


 Today,  Federal  Communications  Chairman  Kevin  J.  Martin  announced  that  Nancy  J.  Victory  will  serve  as  Chair  of  the  Commission’s  Independent  Panel  Reviewing  the  Impact  of  Hurricane 
 Katrina  on  Communications  Networks.  The  Panel,  composed  of  public  safety  and  communications  industry  representatives,  will  review  the  impact  of  Hurricane  Katrina  on  the 
 telecommunications  and  media  infrastructure  in  the  affected  area  and  will  make  recommendations  to  the  Commission  regarding  ways  to  improve  disaster  preparedness,  network 
 reliability,  and  communication  among  first  responders. 
 Nancy  J.  Victory  is  the  former  Assistant  Secretary  of  Commerce  for  Communications  and  Information  and  Administrator  of  the  National  Telecommunications  and  Information 
 Administration,  where  she  served  as  President  George  W.  Bush’s  telecommunications  policy  advisor  and  the  manager  of  the  federal  government  spectrum.  She  recently  authored  “Homeland 
 Security  and  Communications:  A  Compendium  of  Federal  Programs,”  which  provides  a  detailed  review  of  ongoing  federal  efforts  to  address  public  safety  and  homeland  security  needs  of  the 
 country.  Ms.  Victory  is  a  partner  at  the  Washington  law  firm  of  Wiley  Rein  &  Fielding  LLP. 
 Chairman  Martin  said,  “The  destruction  that  Hurricane  Katrina  caused  to  communications  facilities,  and  therefore  the  services  upon  which  first  responders  and  citizens  rely,  was 
 extraordinary.  We  must  review  the  disaster’s  affect  on  the  infrastructure  and  determine  ways  to  minimize  such  destruction  in  the  future.  Nancy  Victory  is  particularly  well  qualified  to  serve  as 
 Chair  of  this  important  Panel,  and  I  appreciate  her  willingness  to  serve  in  this  capacity.  I  look  forward  to  working  with  Nancy  and  the  Committee  on  this  vitally  important  issue.” 
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