January 25, 1999


PETER PAPPAS NAMED ASSOCIATE CHIEF OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
         

     The FCC announced today that Peter Pappas has been named Associate Chief of the
International Bureau.
              
      Pappas joined the Commission in July 1997 and has served as Assistant Chief of the
International Bureau since that time.  In that capacity, he has worked on numerous international
satellite and telecommunications regulation and licensing issues, including international settlement
rate issues and proceedings related to direct broadcast satellite service.  He is also primarily
responsible for managing domestic and international spectrum allocation issues, and has had
primary responsibility for developing the Bureau's positions on the third generation wireless
spectrum and standards issues.  He has played a key role in many of the Bureau's multilateral
initiatives including the Commission's participation in  the Plenipotentiary Conference, the World
Development Conference and other international conferences.  He has also overseen the Bureau's
preparations for the biennial ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences.   Pappas also serves
as the Bureau's principal liaison with Congress and the news media.  

     Pappas came to the Commission from the Department of State, where he had served as
Director of Communications for Economic Affairs.  Previously,  Pappas served as an Assistant
Counsel to the President in the White House Counsel's office.  Prior to joining the Clinton
Administration, he had been as associate in the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher and
Bartlett from 1988-1992.

     Pappas earned a BA with honors from Tufts University, a MA in Political Science from
Brown University, a BA in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, and a JD from
Georgetown University in 1988.  

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