FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
April 27 1999                           Emily Hoffnar 202/418-0253

     
                                
JAKE E. JENNINGS NAMED SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE DIVISION CHIEF, POLICY
      AND PROGRAM PLANNING DIVISION, COMMON CARRIER BUREAU

     Jake E. Jennings was designated Special Advisor on Competition, Technology, and Policy
to the Division Chief of the Policy and Program Planning Division of the FCC's Common Carrier
Bureau.  

     Since March 1997, Mr. Jennings has worked in the Policy Division where he has had a
significant role in several major proceedings concerning complex economic, technical, and policy
issues.  His work on such matters as the local competition issues, applications by Bell Operating
Companies to provide in-region, long distance service, and the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX merger has
been instrumental in the Bureau's efforts to implement the 1996 Act.  Mr. Jennings will continue
to play a prominent role in the Division's work on local competition issues.

     Mr. Jennings was formerly the Senior Policy Analyst of the Telecommunications Division
at the Illinois Commerce Commission ("ICC").  In that role, Mr. Jennings testified as an expert
witness on a number of telecommunication matters before the ICC and Illinois General Assembly.  

     Mr. Jennings received his B.A. in Economics, with a minor in Mathematics in 1992 from
the University of Central Oklahoma and received a M.A. from the University of Central
Oklahoma in 1994.
                                
                                
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