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For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN PAI ON THE FCC 
RECEIVING THE 2018 FRANZ EDELMAN AWARD
  -- 
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2018—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai 
today congratulated FCC staff who worked on the Broadcast Incentive Auction for receiving 
the 2018 Franz Edelman Award for Achievements in Operations Research and Management 
Science from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).  
Chairman Pai issued the following statement: 
“The Franz Edelman Award recognizes the greatest achievements in operations research and 
analytics in the world.  For the FCC to receive this honor is an incredible testament to the 
ground-breaking work of our incentive auction team.  The auction would not have been 
possible without the use of data analytics to solve complex design and implementation 
challenges.  We are deeply honored that our effort has been recognized with this prestigious 
award.  I want to thank the past and present members of the Incentive Auction Task Force as 
well as all those at the agency who worked on this challenging and important effort.”
To learn more about the FCC Incentive Auction, visit: www.fcc.gov/incentive-auctions. 
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