FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
February 7, 2000                             Mike Balmoris at (202) 418-0253
                                        Email: mbalmori@fcc.gov

                     COMMON CARRIER ACTION
                                
          Carol Mattey APPOINTED Deputy Chief of the 
                     Common Carrier Bureau

Washington, D.C.   Carol Mattey has been appointed Deputy Chief of the Common
Carrier Bureau.  

In her new position as Deputy Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau, Ms. Mattey will be
responsible for universal service, consumer protection, the schools and libraries program,
accounting and auditing.  She will supervise the Accounting Policy and the Accounting
Safeguards Divisions.

Since 1998, Ms. Mattey has been Chief of the Policy and Program Planning Division of
the Common Carrier Bureau.  As Chief of the Policy Division, Ms. Mattey was responsible for
implementation of many key issues stemming from the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
including supervision of the new unbundling rules to promote local telecommunications
competition, the development of rules to promote the deployment of advanced services to
American consumers, and the review of Bell Atlantic's application to provide long distance
service in New York.  

     Prior to joining the Commission, Ms. Mattey was a senior staff member at the National
Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), and an associate at the Washington,
D.C. law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where she specialized in communications.
 
Ms. Mattey received her J.D. cum laude in 1983 from the University of Pennsylvania Law
School, where she was an editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.  She also
received a M.A. in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Pennsylvania.  She received a
B.A. with high distinction from the University of Virginia.  Ms. Mattey is a member of the District
of Columbia Bar and the Federal Communications Bar Association. 

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