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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 1, 2000

              C. ANTHONY BUSH NAMED ACTING CHIEF,
        OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES


     Washington, DC   C. Anthony Bush has been named Acting Chief of the FCC's
Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO).  He is currently the Chief
Economist in the FCC's Office of General Counsel.  From April to June 1999 he also
served as Acting Chief of OCBO.

     He will be succeeding Francisco Montero who recently left OCBO to enter
private law practice.

     Chairman William E. Kennard said, "I am delighted that Anthony will be heading
OCBO.  One of my main goals as chairman has been to ensure that opportunities in the
telecommunications industry are available to everyone.  I know that, as Chief of OCBO,
Anthony will be a powerful advocate for small businesses and other groups that want to
participate in the Information Revolution."

OCBO was created to expand opportunities for ownership and employment in
the telecommunications and broadcasting industries for small business. OCBO works
with entrepreneurs, industry, public interest organizations, and individuals to provide
information about FCC policies, to promote ownership and employment opportunities,
and to encourage wide participation in FCC proceedings.

Before coming to the Commission, Bush was the Ford Visiting Assistant
Professor in the University of Rochester (NY), Department of Economics.  He has been
a telecommunications entrepreneur, worked for AT&T, and has taught in the economics
departments of Manhattan College and Columbia University.

He holds a B.A. in applied mathematics from Claremont McKenna College,
Claremont, CA, and an M.A., an M. Phil. and a Ph.D., all in economics, from Columbia
University.  

                            - FCC -