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Report No. IN 98-38                          INTERNATIONAL ACTION                   July 7, 1998
                                                                               
    JOANNA S. LOWRY AND JACQUELINE SPINDLER NAMED TO NEW RESPONSIBILITIES
            IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION, INTERNATIONAL BUREAU 


       Joanna S. Lowry has been named Assistant Branch Chief to the Policy and Facilities Branch of
the Telecommunications Division of the International Bureau, and Jacqueline Spindler, of the Multilateral
and Development Branch, has been named Telecommunications Division ITU Coordinator.  

       Before joining the International Bureau, Joanna Lowry served as an attorney in the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) within the Department of Commerce.  Prior
to NTIA, she worked in a number of offices within the Department of Commerce as part of the Office of
General Counsel's Honors Program.  In particular,. Lowry worked for NTIA, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, the Office of General Counsel for Legislation and Regulation, and the
Bureau of Export Administration.  She  received her B.A. from Dartmouth College and her J.D. degree
from Stanford University.  She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania. 

       Jacqueline Spindler has served the Commission for most of her professional career, first in a
variety of divisions in the Common Carrier Bureau, then in two divisions in the Cable Services Bureau,
before joining the International Bureau just over a year ago.  Spindler holds a B.A. from McGill
University, an M.A. from the University of Rochester and a J.D. from Syracuse University.   Before
joining the Commission, she was a public school teacher and, later,  a solo law practioner in upstate New
York.  She is admitted to practice law in the District of  Columbia and New York.

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