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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  10,  2006  Daniel  Gonzalez  at  (202)  418-  1000 
 CHAIRMAN  KEVIN  J.  MARTIN  ANNOUNCES  THE  ACTING  INSPECTOR  GENERAL  AND  ACTING  DEPUTY  INSPECTOR  GENERAL 


 Today,  Federal  Communications  Commission  Chairman  Kevin  J.  Martin  named  Dr.  Kent  Nilsson  as  Acting  Inspector  General  and  Jon  Stover  as  Acting  Deputy  Inspector  General.  Dr.  Nilsson  will  replace 
 FCC  Inspector  General  Horace  Walker  Feaster  III  who  retired  on  January  3,  2006. 


 Dr.  Kent  Nilsson  most  recently  served  as  Special  Counsel  and  Deputy  Chief  of  the  FCC's  Network  Technology  Division  in  the  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology.  Before  joining  the  Office  of 
 Engineering  and  Technology,  Dr.  Nilsson  was  Deputy  Chief  of  the  FCC's  Network  Services  Division  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  (subsequently  renamed  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau).  While  Deputy 
 Chief,  Dr.  Nilsson  also  served  as  the  Commission's  Managing  Counsel  for  the  Communications  Assistance  for  Law  Enforcement  Act  and  managed  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau's  Y2K  initiatives  for 
 telephone  companies. 
 Before  becoming  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Network  Services  Division,  Dr.  Nilsson  served  as  Chief  of  the  Cost  Analysis  Branch  of  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau's  Accounting  and  Audits  Division.  In  that  capacity,  he 


 was  responsible  for  econometric  modeling,  and  the  Commission's  administration  of  the  Universal  Service  Fund  and  the  Average  Schedule  Settlements  processes  in  addition  to  the  Commission's  administration  of 
 rules  governing  jurisdictional  separations. 
 Previously,  Dr.  Nilsson  served  as  a  Senior  Attorney-  Advisor  and  as  legal  counsel  to  former  FCC  Commissioner  Henry  M.  Rivera.  Dr.  Nilsson  earned  his  B.  S.,  M.  B.  A  and  Ph.  D  in  Economics  and 


 Finance  from  Lehigh  University  in  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania.  He  also  earned  his  law  degree  from  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  in  Williamsburg,  Virginia.  Dr.  Nilsson  is  a  member  of  the  Bars  of  the 
 District  of  Columbia,  North  Carolina,  and  Virginia. 
 Jon  Stover  most  recently  served  as  Special  Advisor  to  the  Director  of  the  FCC's  Office  of  Legislative  Affairs  after  having  served  as  Senior  Counsel  in  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  and  in  the  Office  of 
 General  Counsel.  Before  joining  the  FCC,  Jon  was  a  partner  in  an  energy  litigation  firm  after  having  served  as  Chief  of  Staff  and  Chief  Counsel  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
 (ICC).  Prior  to  his  service  at  the  ICC,  Jon  was  an  Associate  General  Counsel  of  Tenneco,  Inc  (a  Fortune  50  energy  conglomerate).  Before  joining  Tenneco,  Jon  was  the  Assistant  General  Counsel  for  Natural 
 Gas  at  the  Federal  Energy  Regulatory  Commission.  Jon  began  his  career  as  an  attorney  with  a  major  natural  gas  trade  association  and  then  became  Director  of  Federal  Agency  Affairs  for  El  Paso  Natural  Gas 
 Company.  Jon  is  a  graduate  of  the  George  Washington  Law  School  and  Wesleyan  University  and  is  a  member  of  the  D.  C.  bar. 
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