March 11, 1994


KATHLEEN M.H. WALLMAN APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF,
          CABLE SERVICES BUREAU


       Kathleen M.H. Wallman has been appointed Deputy Bureau Chief of the Cable
Services Bureau, effective March 14, 1994.

       Prior to joining the Commission, Wallman was a partner at Arnold & Porter, a
Washington, D.C. based law firm.  At Arnold & Porter, Ms. Wallman specialized in
legislative and policy issues concerning antitrust law, intellectual property law, and insurance. 
In 1989 and 1990, she served as Deputy Counsel to the American Bar Association Section of
Antitrust Law Special Committee to Study the Role of the Federal Trade Commission (the
"Kirkpatrick II Commission").

       Wallman earned a B.A. from the Catholic University of America and received a J.D.
from Georgetown University Law Center at the same time that she earned a master's degree
from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.  She served as a law clerk to
Judge Laurence Silberman and Edward Tamm of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit and Judge Pauline Newman, U.S. Court  of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 
Wallman lives in Virginia with her husband Steven Wallman.

       "Kathy is a very talented and dedicated lawyer," said Chairman Reed Hundt.  The
Cable Bureau and the Commission as a whole are very fortunate to have her expertise and I
am grateful for her willingness to serve in this role.  As Deputy Bureau Chief she will help to
implement the 1992 Cable Act and also to run a Bureau built on the principles of reinventing
government."

    -FCC-