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FEDERAL CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL STATE JOINT BOARD ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE AS WELL
AS FEDERAL CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL STATE JOINT BOARD ON JURISDICTIONAL
SEPARATIONS.  PRIOR TO HIS FCC SERVICE, COPPS WAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE FOR TRADE DEVELOPMENT AT THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.  HE
PREVIOUSLY WAS ON THE STAFF OF US SEN ERNEST FRITZ HOLLINGS D SC AND SERVED
FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS AS CHIEF OF STAFF.  TO ROUND OUT THE FIVE
MEMBER FCC, THE WHITE HOUSE STILL MUST FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY FORMER
COMMISSIONER KATHLEEN Q.  ABERNATHY, A REPUBLICAN, WHO STEPPED DOWN
DECEMBER 9.  FCC CONSIDERS COMMENTS ON ARRL PETITION AS OF PRESS TIME,
UPWARD OF 250 COMMENTS ALREADY HAD BEEN POSTED ON THE ARRLS PETITION FOR
RULE MAKING, RM 11306, ASKING THE FCC TO REGULATE THE AMATEUR BANDS BY
NECESSARY BANDWIDTH RATHER THAN BY MODE.  THE COMMENT DEADLINE WAS FEBRUARY
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