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                                                  July 13, 2000

 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES AUCTIONS AND INDUSTRY
                ANALYSIS DIVISION PERSONNEL ACTIONS 

     The following personnel actions have been announced in the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau's Auctions and Industry Analysis Division (the Division): 

Margaret Wiener Named Deputy Chief

     Margaret Wiener has been named a Deputy Chief.  Since 1997 Wiener has served both as
Chief of the Division's Legal Branch and as an Attorney-Advisor for the Division.  Prior to
joining the FCC Wiener was Of Counsel at Harkins Cunningham.  She has also worked for
Consolidated Rail Corporation and Shearman & Sterling.  Wiener holds a J.D. from New York
University and a B.A. from Yale University. 

Gary Michaels Named Chief, Legal Branch

     Gary Michaels has been named Chief of the Division's Legal Branch.  Since 1998
Michaels has served both as Deputy Chief of the Legal Branch and as an Attorney-Advisor for
the Division.  Prior to joining the FCC he was an Attorney at the law firm of Krivit & Krivit.  He
also worked for the law firms of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll and Troy, Malin &
Pottinger.  Michaels holds a J.D. from the George Washington University National Law Center
and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Leora Hochstein Named Deputy Chief, Legal Branch

Leora Hochstein has been named a Deputy Chief of the Division's Legal Branch.  Since
September 1998 Hochstein has served as an Attorney in the Division.  Prior to that Hochstein served as
an Attorney in the FCC's Cable services Bureau.  She holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
Law School and a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College. 

Kathy Garland to be Named Chief, Operations Branch 

     Kathryn Garland will be named Chief of the Division's Operations Branch.  Garland
began her career at the FCC in February 1977 at the Private Radio Bureau's Licensing Division
in Gettysburg, PA.  She has held various positions over the years, including Chief of the
Consumer Assistance Branch and Deputy Chief of the Auctions Operations Branch.


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