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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  News  Media  Contact:  April  8,  2002  Rosemary  Kimball  at  (202)  418-  0511 
 ROBERT  ‘DOC’  MIRELSON  NAMED  DEPUTY  CHIEF  FOR  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS  AT  FCC  CONSUMER  AND  GOVERNMENTAL  AFFAIRS  BUREAU 
 Washington,  DC  –  Robert  “Doc”  Mirelson  has  been  named  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Consumer  and  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  (CGB).  His  area  of  responsibility  will  be  consumer 
 outreach. 
 Mirelson  joins  CGB  from  his  position  as  Associate  with  Booz  Allen  Hamilton,  an  international  defense,  intelligence  and  business  consulting  firm.  As  a  member  of  the  Booz  Allen 
 National  Security  Team,  he  developed  public  information  policies  and  managed  public  affairs,  outreach,  historical,  training,  education,  and  communications  projects  for  government  and 
 private  sector  clients  including  the  National  Imagery  &  Mapping  Agency,  the  Department  of  Defense,  and  the  Internal  Revenue  Service. 


 K.  Dane  Snowden,  Chief  of  CGB,  said,  “We  are  delighted  to  have  Doc  joining  us.  His  arrival  completes  the  bureau’s  top  management  team.  He  brings  an  enormous  amount  of 
 experience  that  will  serve  consumers  well  as  we  implement  our  pro-  active,  strategic  programs  to  inform  consumers  and  solicit  their  input  on  matters  important  to  this  Commission.” 


 Prior  to  his  service  as  a  consultant,  Mirelson  was  a  Colonel  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  and  a  senior  public  affairs  officer.  He  has  extensive  communications  experience  in  the  American 
 Forces  Information  Service,  where  he  commanded  the  American  Forces  Korea  Network,  and  he  served  as  publisher  of  the  European  edition  of  the  Stars  &  Stripes  newspaper.  He  served  as  the 
 senior  U.  S.  Army  and  Department  of  Defense  spokesman  in  Europe  during  the  most  tumultuous  period  of  history  since  World  War  II.  He  concluded  his  29-  year  military  career  as  the  Director 
 of  Public  Affairs  for  the  U.  S.  Army  Corps  of  Engineers. 
 He  is  a  graduate  of  Florida  Southern  College  and  has  a  Master’s  Degree  in  Communications  from  the  University  of  Florida. 


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