FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:             NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
  November 29, 2000                       Michael Balmoris 202-418-0253
                                Email:    mbalmori@fcc.gov
                              
  
Brent Olson named Deputy Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division,
                   Common Carrier Bureau
  
                                Washington, D.C.   Brent Olson has been appointed Deputy Chief of the Common
  Carrier Bureau's Policy and Program Planning Division.  The Policy Division handles the
  implementation of numerous key provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
  including evaluating applications by the Bell Operating Companies to enter the long
  distance market, and reviewing license transfer applications filed by common carriers.
  
                                Mr. Olson previously worked at the FCC from 1993 to 1999.  Prior to re-
  joining the Commission, Mr. Olson served for approximately two years as Director,
  Domestic Regulatory Affairs for Cable & Wireless USA, Inc.  From 1996 to 1999, Mr.
  Olson served as a senior attorney in the Policy Division where he worked on a number of
  matters implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996.  Between 1993 and 1996, Mr.
  Olson worked as a staff attorney in the FCC's Cable Services Bureau and Wireless
  Telecommunications Bureau.  Mr. Olson received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law
  in 1992 and his B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University in 1989.
   
  
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