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  October 6, 1999                    Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500
                              
                              
   ANNA M. GOMEZ NAMED DEPUTY CHIEF, INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
  
         Washington, DC -- Anna M. Gomez has been named Deputy Chief of the
  International Bureau.  Previously, Gomez served as Chief of the Network Services
  Division of the Common Carrier Bureau.
  
        Gomez first joined the Federal Communications Commission in August 1994 as an
  attorney in the Consumer Protection Division of the Cable Services Bureau.  She
  subsequently served as Legal Counsel to Kathleen B. Wallman, then Chief of the Common
  Carrier Bureau, and also to Wallman's successor, Regina M. Keeney.  In August 1996,
  Gomez was appointed Staff Chair to the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. 
  She left the Commission to serve briefly as Counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee's
  Telecommunications Subcommittee, before moving on to the White House, to serve as
  Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House's National Economic Council.  Gomez returned
  to the FCC in 1997, to serve as Deputy Chief of the Network Services Division of the
  Common Carrier Bureau.  One year later, Gomez was named Chief of the Network
  Services Division.
  
        Prior to joining the Commission, Gomez was an associate at Arnold and Porter.
  
        Gomez earned a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from George
  Washington University's National Law Center.
  
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