NEWS                                                       April  8, 1997

        LISA M. HIGGINBOTHAM APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF (LEGAL) OF THE
PRIVATE WIRELESS DIVISION, WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU

     Lisa M. Higginbotham has been appointed Deputy Chief (Legal) of the Private
Wireless Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, effective March 30, 1997.  

     Prior to joining the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Ms. Higginbotham worked
for almost two years as a senior staff attorney in the Office of General Counsel
Administrative Law Division.  During her tenure, she served as liaison to the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology, primarily
working on wireless matters involving spectrum management policy and competitive bidding
issues.  Ms. Higginbotham also worked on forfeiture policy, Freedom of Information Act
issues and served as liaison to the communications bar regarding FCC process streamlining
issues.

     Ms. Higginbotham joined the Commission in September 1990 as a staff attorney in
the Mass Media Bureau's EEO Branch, where she played a major role in developing rules
implementing the EEO provisions of the 1992 Cable Act.  In November 1993, Ms.
Higginbotham joined the Cable Services Bureau as a staff attorney specializing in broadcast
signal carriage and effective competition issues.  In August 1994, she was appointed
Supervisory Attorney in the Cable Services Bureau's Consumer Protection Division, where
she coordinated the Bureau's review of effective competition and other challenges to
franchising authorities' ability to regulate basic cable rates.

     Ms. Higginbotham received her B.S. degree in Public Administration from
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. degree from the University of
Pittsburgh School of Law.

     Raised in Philadelphia, PA, Ms. Higginbotham currently resides in Silver Spring,
MD.

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