FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:             NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
 September 7, 2000                       Michael Balmoris 202-418-0253
                               Email:    mbalmori@fcc.gov
                               
  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION'S COMMON CARRIER BUREAU
                ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL PROMOTIONS
 
Reynolds Named as Associate Chief and Dygert Named as Assistant Chief 
                   of Common Carrier Bureau
 
 Washington, DC   Today, the Common Carrier Bureau of the Federal Communications
 Commission (FCC) made the following personnel announcements.
 
 Glenn T. Reynolds has been appointed associate bureau chief of the Common Carrier
 Bureau.  In this position, Mr. Reynolds will have primary responsibility for the oversight and
 coordination of issues handled by the Bureau's Policy and Program Planning Division,
 including 271 applications, merger reviews, and local competition rules.  
 
 Mr. Reynolds most recently was chief of the Market Disputes Resolution Division of
 the Enforcement Bureau, which is responsible for resolving carrier complaints concerning
 violations of the Communications Act and Commission rules.  Before the creation of the
 Commission's Enforcement Bureau in December 1999, Mr. Reynolds was chief of the
 Common Carrier Bureau's Enforcement Division.  Prior to becoming a division chief,
 Reynolds served as the deputy chief of the Common Carrier Bureau's Enforcement Division,
 legal counsel to the bureau chief and as a staff attorney in the Enforcement Division.  Prior to
 joining the Commission in 1996, Reynolds was in private practice specializing in antitrust,
 merger, and consumer protection law.  He is a graduate of the University of Virginia law
 school.
 
 Jeffrey H. Dygert has been named an assistant bureau chief of the Common Carrier
 Bureau.  Mr. Dygert will work on a variety of the bureau's issues, focusing on special projects. 
 Since September 1998, Mr. Dygert has served as associate division chief of the Enforcement
 Bureau's Market Disputes Resolution Division and of the Common Carrier Bureau's
 Enforcement Division.  Before that position, Mr. Dygert worked as a staff attorney in the
 Office of General Counsel and in the Common Carrier Bureau's Enforcement Division.  Mr.
 Dygert joined the Commission in 1996 after litigating in private practice.  He is a graduate of
 the University of Virginia law school.
 
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