FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                  News Media Contact:
September 19, 2001                           Meribeth McCarrick at (202) 418-0654
                                        e-mail: mmccarri@fcc.gov 


 WIRELESS BUREAU CHIEF ANNOUNCES BARRY J. OHLSON HAS JOINED THE 
          OFFICE OF THE BUREAU CHIEF AS A LEGAL ADVISOR

       Washington, DC   Thomas Sugrue, Chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, has announced that Barry Ohlson has joined the Commission as a Legal Advisor in the
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Office of the Bureau Chief. 
       Ohlson will advise the Bureau Chief and Deputies on various wireless regulatory issues,
including matters before the Bureau's Public Safety and Private Wireless Division.
       Prior to joining the Commission he was Senior Director of Federal Regulatory Affairs at
Winstar Communications, Inc.  In that position, he was responsible for spectrum and related matters
impacting the company before the Commission, Congress and the International
Telecommunications Union.  Prior to working at Winstar, Ohlson was an Associate at McDermott,
Will & Emery and an Associate at Keller and Heckman. 
       Ohlson holds a J.D. from George Washington University and a B.A. from the College of
William and Mary.
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