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 Federal  Communications  Commission  FCC  06-  3 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service 


 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Jurisdictional  Separations 


 )  ) 
 )  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45  ) 
 )  )  CC  Docket  No.  80-  286 
 )  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  13,  2006  Released:  January  13,  2006 
 By  the  Commission: 
 1.  Pursuant  to  sections  254(  a)(  1)  and  410  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  Act),  1  the  Commission  appoints  the  Honorable  Deborah  Taylor  Tate,  Commissioner  of  the  Federal 
 Communications  Commission,  to  serve  on  the  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service  (Universal  Service  Joint  Board)  and  the  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Jurisdictional  Separations  (Separations  Joint 
 Board).  Commissioner  Tate  shall  also  serve  as  the  Federal  Chair  of  both  the  Universal  Service  Joint  Board  and  the  Separations  Joint  Board.  These  appointments  fill  the  positions  vacated  by  the  Honorable 
 Kathleen  Abernathy,  former  Commissioner,  and  the  Honorable  Michael  Powell,  former  Commission  Chairman,  respectively.  The  Commission  gratefully  acknowledges  the  contributions  of  these  members  to 
 the  work  of  the  Universal  Service  Joint  Board  and  the  Separations  Joint  Board. 
 2.  Henceforth,  a  copy  of  all  filings  in  these  proceedings  shall  be  served  on  Commissioner  Tate  at  the  following  address: 


 The  Honorable  Deborah  Taylor  Tate  Commissioner 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  8-  A204 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  sections  254(  a)(  1)  and  410  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  254(  a)(  1),  410,  this  Order  IS  ADOPTED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Marlene  H.  Dortch  Secretary 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  254(  a)(  1),  410. 
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