FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
August 11, 1999                                        Meribeth McCarrick at (202) 418-0654

                   WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU 
               ANNOUNCES POLICY DIVISION PERSONNEL CHANGE


Thomas V. Wasilewski Named Associate Chief

     Thomas Wasilewski has been named Associate Chief of the Policy Division in the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.  Wasilewski comes from the International Bureau's Telecommunications
Division. He served there as the Chief of the Multilateral and Development Branch, which is responsible
for representing the FCC in international organizations, coordinating participation in bilaterals and
providing assistance in negotiations, and providing regulatory assistance and training programs for newly-
established regulators. 

     Previously, Wasilewski served as a Policy Advisor at the Department of Commerce's National
Telecommunications and Information Administration.  Wasilewski worked on a number of Executive
Branch policy initiatives including the G7 Conference on Information Society and the Global Information
Infrastructure: Agenda for Cooperation.  

     Wasilewski received his MSc. from the University of York's Economics Department, England and
his BA from the University of Notre Dame.

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