July 30, 1997
     
                      SUSAN FOX TO HEAD LOCAL 
                COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE  

     Susan Fox, who serves as Special Counsel in the Commission's Office of General
Counsel, will be interim chair of the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Task
Force.  

     Other members of the Task Force include:  Barbara Esbin, Associate Bureau Chief, Cable
Services Bureau; Mary Beth Richards, Deputy Bureau Chief, Common Carrier Bureau; John
Muleta, Chief, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau;  Jeanine Poltronieri, Associate
Bureau Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.

     In her role as Special Counsel, Ms. Fox advises on the implementation of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 and other legal issues.  Before joining the Commission, Ms.
Fox was an associate with the law firm of Hogan & Hartson in Washington, DC, and served as
law clerk to the Honorable H. Robert Mayer, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit.  

     Ms. Fox holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.  She received a B.A.
in Engineering from Lafayette College. 
     
       The Enforcement Task Force was created to ensure that the pro-competitive goals of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 are realized and to ensure that enforcement of the
Commission's competition rules is fast, fair, and predictable.  The Task Force will study the pace
of local competition in the telecommunications market and coordinate pending Commission
matters relating to local competition.  Where appropriate, the Commission will initiate
enforcement actions to ensure open entry of local markets.

                              --FCC --
                                  
News Media Contacts:  David Fiske at (202) 418-0513 or Jodie Buenning at (202) 418-7272.
Office of General Counsel Contact:  Susan Fox at (202) 418-1700.
Common Carrier Bureau Contact:  Rochelle Cohen at (202) 418-0253.