NEWSJanuary 27, 1998

                      CAROL E. MATTEY APPOINTED CHIEF,
                   POLICY AND PROGRAM PLANNING DIVISION, 
                            COMMON CARRIER BUREAU
                                                                             
                Carol Mattey has been appointed Chief in the Common Carrier Bureau's
Policy and Program Planning Division.

                Since 1994, Mattey has been Deputy Chief in the Policy Division.  The
Division has responsibility for a number of key issues arising under the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, including implementation of many of the Act's
local competition provisions, evaluation of applications by the Bell Operating
Companies to enter the long distance market, and review of petitions for preemption
of state and local laws that act as barriers to entry into telecommunications markets. 
As Deputy Chief, Mattey's primary substantive areas of responsibility included local
number portability, BOC entry into long distance, and implementation of
nonaccounting safeguards for BOCs under section 272.  

                Prior to joining the Commission, Mattey was a senior staff member at the
National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA).  While at
NTIA, Mattey worked on a wide variety of telecommunications matters, including
common carrier, cable, broadcast, and spectrum issues.  Prior to NTIA, Mattey was
an associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering,
where she specialized in communications.

                Mattey received her J.D. cum laude in 1983 from the University of
Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an editor of the University of Pennsylvania
Law Review.  She also received a M.A. in Public Policy Analysis from the
University of Pennsylvania.  She received a B.A. with high distinction from the
University of Virginia.  Mattey is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the
Federal Communications Bar Association. 

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