New FCC Commissioner

To: Consumer Contact List
From: Karen Peltz Strauss
Re: Consumer Contact List: New FCC Commissioner
Date: January 4, 2006

The FCC now has a new Commissioner: Deborah Taylor Tate. A website lists her as having previously served as a Director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority She also served as Director of the State and Local Policy Center at Vanderbilt University. In addition, Commissioner Michael Copps has been sworn in for a second term. See the items below.

STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER DEBORAH TAYLOR TATE. STMT. News Media Contact: Aaron Goldberger at 202-418-2500 CMMR
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<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263035A1.pdf>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263035A1.txt>

DEBORAH TAYLOR TATE SWORN IN AS FCC COMMISSIONER. News Release. News Media Contact: Aaron Goldberger at 202-418-2500 CMMR
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263034A1.doc>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263034A1.pdf>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263034A1.txt>

MICHAEL J. COPPS SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM AS FCC COMMISSIONER. News Release CMMR. Contact Jordan Goldstein at
(202) 418-2000
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263036A1.doc>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263036A1.pdf>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263036A1.txt>