For Immediate Release: News Media Contact:

December 18 , 2003 Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511

e-mail: <rkimball@fcc.gov>

**CHAIRMAN POWELL NAMES MEMBERS OF**

**FCC'S INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE**

Washington, DC -- Michael Powell, Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission (Commission), has named 15 members to the Commission's newly
formed Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC) and has named Jim
Dailey, Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, as the committee chairman.

In announcing the members, Chairman Powell said, "The FCC is very
fortunate to have such a distinguished group of state, local and tribal
officials serving on this important committee. I am particularly
delighted that Mayor Dailey has agreed to serve as committee chair. I
look forward to working with him and the entire Committee to provide the
Commission guidance on telecommunications issues impacting state, local,
and tribal governments."

The Committee was re-chartered as the Intergovernmental Advisory
Committee to reflect greater balance between state, local and tribal
representation, and urban and rural representation, as well as to gain
expertise in homeland security and rural matters. The IAC's predecessor,
the Local and State Government Advisory Committee (LSGAC), was created
by the Commission in 1997.

During the IAC's two-year term, the committee will address a number of
topics including:

-   Homeland security and public safety issues;

-   Matters unique to the provision of telecommunications services in
    rural areas, such as broadband deployment, universal service
    programs, and deployment of telecommunications services in Indian
    Country;

-   Barriers to competitive entry; and,

-   Cable and local franchising issues, including public rights-of-way
    matters.

The Commission received 47 applications for membership on the Committee,
from 27 states and 10 tribal representatives. After a careful review of
these applications, 15 members were appointed to the Committee. This
group is representative of the FCC's many constituencies, and the
expertise and diversity of those selected is expected to provide a
balanced point of view to the Commission.

**The members of the committee are:**

1\. Denise M. Bode, Chairperson, Oklahoma Corporation Commission

2\. Carlito P. Caliboso, Chairman, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission

3\. Jim Dailey, Mayor, Little Rock, Arkansas (IAC Chair)

4\. Steven L. Grey, Chair, Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory
Commission

5\. Jenny Hansen, Manager, Public Safety Services Office for the State
of Montana, Department of Administration

6\. Merita A. Hopkins, Corporation Counsel, City of Boston

7\. David Jones, Director of Emergency Services, Spartanburg County
Government, South Carolina

8\. Dean Paul Kruithof, Deputy City Administrator, Fort Smith, Arkansas

9\. Frank LaGrotta, Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

10\. Timothy Loewenstein, Supervisor, 3^rd^ District Buffalo County,
Nebraska

11\. Patrick Lloyd McCrory, Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

12\. Gary Resnick, Councilman for the City of Wilton Manors, Florida

13\. Sylvester Sahme, Member, Oregon Telecommunications Coordinating
Council

14\. Randolph Townsend, Senator, Nevada State Senate

15\. J.D. Williams, General Manager, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal
Telephone Authority

At the first meeting to be announced and held in early 2004, the
Committee will address matters of internal business and organization, as
well as its forthcoming work priorities. Because the IAC discussions
involve government to government deliberations, the meetings are not
open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Scanlon, Consumer & Governmental
Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 202-418-0544 (voice)
or 202-835-5322 (TTY), <Carmen.Scanlon@fcc.gov> (e-mail).

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