FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:             NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
  June 5, 2001                            Maureen Peratino at 202-418-0506
  
  
      JEFFREY J. CARLISLE NAMED COMMON CARRIER BUREAU 
                    SENIOR DEPUTY CHIEF
                              
                              
       Washington, DC   FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell has appointed Jeffrey J.
  Carlisle Senior Deputy Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau, effective June 11, 2001.
  
       In announcing the appointment, Chairman Powell said, "I am delighted that Jeff
  will be joining us as a senior member of our team.  His depth of understanding of
  telecommunications matters will make him a valuable addition to Dorothy Attwood and
  the Common Carrier Bureau as they grapple with the myriad of issues facing the Bureau
  and the Commission."
  
       Carlisle currently is in private law practice, specializing in commercial transactions
  and regulation of data and telephone carriers.  He also is vice president for interconnected
  services and regulatory affairs at INLEC Communications, Inc., a Philadelphia-based
  company that constructs and manages broadband infrastructure within residential
  apartment buildings across the country.  Previously, he was an associate with the
  Washington, DC, law firm of O'Melveny & Myers, where he focused on
  telecommunications mergers and acquisitions and competitive entry into local exchange
  markets.
  
       Carlisle received a B.A. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles,
  an M.A. from The Fletcher School, and a J.D. from Boalt Hall, University of California,
  Berkeley.  
  
       He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, State Bar of California and
  Federal Communications Bar Association.
  
  
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