NEWSApril 6, 1998


             LISA GELB NAMED CHIEF, ACCOUNTING POLICY DIVISION, 
                            COMMON CARRIER BUREAU

       Lisa S. Gelb has been appointed Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau's
Accounting Policy Division of the FCC.  

       Since August 1997 Gelb has served as the Chief of the Universal Service
Branch of the Accounting and Audits Division of the Common Carrier Bureau.  The
Universal Service Branch has responsibility for implementing the universal service
provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

       Previously,  Gelb was an attorney in the Common Carrier Bureau's Policy
and Program Planning Division.  In that capacity, she had a lead role in
implementing the local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act of
1996.  Before joining the FCC in 1995, Gelb served as counsel for the Subcommittee
on Regulation, Business Opportunities and Technology in the United States House of
Representatives.  Prior to that, she worked in private practice, specializing in cable
television regulation and First Amendment matters. 

       She received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1989. 
She received her B.A. from Vassar College in 1984.

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