FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                       News Media Contact: 
  December 21, 1999                       Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511
  
  
           LINDA L. HALLER NAMED ASSISTANT CHIEF 
                OF FCC INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
                              
  Washington, DC -- Linda L. Haller has been named Assistant Bureau Chief of the
  FCC's International Bureau.  Ms. Haller focuses on initiatives to enhance competition in
  the global satellite services market, with an emphasis on market access, World Trade
  Organization (WTO), law enforcement and national security issues. 
  
  From 1998 to 1999, Ms. Haller was a Senior Legal Advisor to the International
  Bureau Chief and from 1997 to 1998, a Senior Legal Advisor in the Satellite &
  Radiocommunication Division, where she implemented the WTO Agreement for Basic
  Telecommunications Services.  From 1994-1997, Ms. Haller was Senior Counsel in the
  Office of General Counsel, concentrating on programs for small businesses and
  representing the Agency in employment matters.  Prior to that, Ms. Haller served in the
  Common Carrier Bureau and the Private Radio Bureau, where she focused on proceedings
  to encourage competition in the local telephone access market and to promote new
  wireless technologies.  From 1987-1990, Ms. Haller practiced labor law at Morgan, Lewis
  & Bockius in Los Angeles, CA, and from 1986-1987, communications law at Pierson, Ball
  & Dowd in Washington, D.C.  
  
  Ms. Haller has a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A.
  from the George Washington University.
                   
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