NEWS                                              April 29, 1996

                  GERALD P. VAUGHAN, DEPUTY CHIEF, WTB, 
                 SELECTED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON TO RECEIVE 
                          PRESIDENTIAL RANK AWARD

     Gerald Vaughan, Deputy Chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
has been selected by President Clinton to receive the Presidential Rank Award for his
exceptional service over the length of his career.

     The Distinguished Executive Award, given for sustained extraordinary
accomplishments in carrying out Government-wide goals and policies, is limited to one
percent of the career SES employees nationwide.  As a winner of this award, Vaughan
received a gold pin and a framed certificate from the President. 

     In a career of outstanding accomplishments it is hard to single out a few, but recently
Vaughan has:  

     --   Directed the Commission's spectrum auctions; 
     --   Supervised the first audit and investigation of international communications
          rates which resulted in changed U.S. policy in this area; 
     --   Chaired the Telecommunications Industry Advisory Committee which wrote
          the first financial and cost accounting system for telephone carriers; and
     --   Directed the first Negotiated Rulemaking Proceeding.

     "These significant achievements are a testimony to your dedication and willingness to
tackle any subject with a positive and can-do attitude.  Your administrative skills, technical
advice, policy insight and excellent leadership have served the FCC and the country well.  
Congratulations," said FCC Chairman Reed Hundt at the Commission meeting last week.
      
    
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