NEWS                                                                                           February 13, 1998

      JOHN MULETA, DEPUTY CHIEF, COMMON CARRIER BUREAU, TO LEAVE FCC 

     John Muleta, Deputy Chief of the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau, has announced his 
plans to leave the Commission in February.  Muleta will join PSINet, Inc. as Vice President in
the company's Telecom Operations Group.  

     In thanking Muleta for his service to the FCC, Chairman Kennard said:  "John has made
significant and lasting contributions to the FCC both as a manager and as a lawyer.  He brought
to the table a great deal of innovative thinking and business discipline that will be missed.  I'm
sorry to see John go, but I know that all of us at the Commission wish him well on his new
adventure."

     Muleta has been Deputy Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau since September
1997.   Muleta previously served as Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau's Enforcement
Division and as an attorney in the Office of Plans & Policy.  Prior to joining the Commission,
he worked at Coopers & Lybrand as a member of its Telecommunications & Media Practice
Group and at the GTE Corporation where he was a manager at several Florida-based units.

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