[LeArc] ARLX001 FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau gets new chief

[Tony Coniglio]

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> ARLX001 FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau gets new chief
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> Special Bulletin 1  ARLX001
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  February 6, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
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> ARLX001 FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau gets new chief
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> John Muleta recently began duties as the new chief of the FCC's
> Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, the bureau that administers the
> Amateur Radio Service.
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> Muleta takes over the reins from Thomas Sugrue, who announced
> earlier this year that he was leaving the FCC. Muleta previously was
> president and CEO of Source 1 Technologies LLC, a privately held
> systems integration firm based in Washington, DC.
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> He's also a former FCC official. From 1994 until 1998 Muleta had
> held various positions in the Common Carrier Bureau--including
> deputy bureau chief and chief of the enforcement division--and in
> the Office of Plans and Policy. After leaving the FCC, Muleta worked
> for PSINet.
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> He holds degrees in systems engineering, business and law from the
> University of Virginia. Sugrue had headed the WTB for four years.
> FCC Chairman Michael Powell credited Sugrue with playing "an
> integral role" in crafting the FCC's positions on spectrum policy
> and other wireless issues.
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