FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:        News Media contact:
  October 6, 1999                    Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500
  
  
          ROBIN R. LAYTON NAMED ASSOCIATE CHIEF, 
                    INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
  
  Washington, DC -- Robin R. Layton recently was named Associate Chief of the
  International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where she is in
  charge of general management and strategic policy planning.
  
  Prior to joining the Commission, Layton had been with the U.S. Department of
  Commerce for 19 years serving in various capacities with its International Trade
  Administration (ITA).  From 1996-1999, she  was the Director of ITA's Office of
  Telecommunications, where she oversaw Commerce's advocacy, trade policy and
  promotion initiatives on behalf of the U.S. telecommunications industry.   She also was
  posted twice to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in
  Paris, France, initially on secondment to its Trade Directorate (1983-86) and subsequently
  as Commercial Advisor for the U.S. Mission to the OECD (1990-95).   As the U.S.
  Mission's Commercial Advisor, she coordinated U.S. participation in OECD committees
  on telecommunications, industry, steel, tourism and transportation and served as an
  advisory member of the American Chamber of Commerce in France.  Her earlier
  Washington-based work with the Department focused on GATT trade negotiations.
  
  Layton holds a B.A. degree from Furman University and an M.A. degree from the
  John's Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.  She is married to David
  Layton and has two daughters.
  
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