November 6, 1997
   
                             
     RUTH A. DANCEY NAMED ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF FCC
   
   
        Ruth A. Dancey has been named Assistant Secretary of the FCC.  She will be
   involved in issues pertaining to the filing of documents with the Commission, the
   public's communications with Commission staff, and the Commission's meeting
   procedures.   
   
        Dancey came to the Commission in November 1993 as Confidential Assistant to
   then-Chairman Reed Hundt.  In that capacity she was in charge of the Chairman's
   schedule, supervised the office and acted as a liaison with other sections of the
   Commission.
   
        Prior to joining the Commission she was secretarial supervisor for the
   Washington office of Latham & Watkins, a national and international law firm.  Before
   that she was District Office Manager for Ohio Congressman Charles J. Carney, Office
   Manager for the State of Florida's Intergovernmental Relations Office, Office Manager
   and Personal Secretary for Congressman Lane Evans (IL-17) and Administrative
   Secretary to the Chief of Staff in the office of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (NY).
   
        She attended Warren Business College in Warren, OH.
   
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