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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:  April  27,  2006  Rosemary  Kimball,  (202)  418-  0511 
 e-  mail:  rosemary.  kimball@  fcc.  gov 
 FCC  ANNOUNCES  THE  HIRING  OF  SHANA  BAREHAND  AS  TRIBAL  LIAISON,  OFFICE  OF  INTERGOVERNMENTAL  AFFAIRS 


 Washington,  D.  C.  --  Today,  the  FCC  announced  the  naming  of  Shana  Barehand,  formerly  Shana  Greenberg,  as  Tribal  Liaison,  Office  of  Intergovernmental  Affairs  in  the  Consumer  & 
 Governmental  Affairs  Bureau. 
 The  Office  of  Intergovernmental  Affairs  administers  the  Commission’s  Indian  Telecommunications  Initiatives  (ITI),  a  comprehensive  FCC  program  designed  to  increase 
 access  to  telecommunications  services  on  tribal  lands  and  to  promote  understanding,  cooperation  and  trust  among  the  FCC  and  other  government  agencies,  the  telecommunications  industry, 
 American  Indian  tribes,  Native  American  Indian  tribal  organizations  and  Alaska  Native  corporations  and  communities.  As  Tribal  Liaison,  Ms.  Barehand  will  play  an  essential  role  in 
 ITI-  sponsored  events  and  other  activities. 
 Ms.  Barehand  joins  the  Commission  from  the  United  States  Environmental  Protection  Agency  (“  EPA”)  where  she  served  as  a  Senior  Enforcement  Attorney,  and  was  also  instrumental 
 in  helping  the  Agency  work  with  tribal  governments  to  develop  and  implement  environmental  programs  and  to  identify  issues  in  Indian  Country.  Additionally,  she  conducted  briefings  and 
 training  seminars  with  EPA  staff  regarding  the  federal  trust  responsibility  and  basic  principles  of  Indian  law. 


 Ms.  Barehand  is  a  Founding  Board  Member  of  the  Society  of  American  Indian  Government  Employees.  She  served  as  Treasurer  and  Agent  for  the  National  Native  American 
 Bar  Association  from  2001  to  2006  and  coordinated  the  Federal  Bar  Association’s  mid-  year  Indian  Law  Conference  in  2000  and  2001.  She  served  on  the  Board  of  the  Native  American 
 Bar  Association  of  Washington,  DC  in  1999  and  helped  coordinate  the  National  Native  American  Veteran  Pow  Wow  in  Washington,  DC  in  1997  and  1998.  Ms.  Barehand  is  Mono 
 Indian  from  California. 
 Ms.  Barehand  received  her  J.  D.  in  1994  from  the  Arizona  State  University  College  of  Law,  where  she  served  for  several  years  as  President  of  the  Native  American  Law  Students 
 Association.  In  1990-  1991,  she  also  served  as  the  President  of  the  National  Native  American  Law  Students  Association.  While  a  student,  Ms.  Barehand  worked  as  a  law  clerk  for  California 
 Indian  Legal  Services  and  for  a  large  Phoenix  firm  representing  a  Navajo  client  in  a  Hopi-  Navajo  land  claim  settlement.  Ms.  Barehand  received  her  BA  in  Psychology  from  the  California  State 
 University,  Long  Beach,  in  1990. 
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