Laura Smith Named New Fcc Amateur Enforcement Chief

摘要

The ARRL reported in late January that Laura L. Smith of Pennsylvania had been named by the FCC to fill the vacancy created when Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, retired last year as Special Counsel for Amateur Radio in the FCC's Enforcement Bureau. While no formal announcement had been made by the Commission as we went to press in mid-February, we have been able to confirm that the League's information is correct and that Ms. Smith-who is not a licensed amateur-will work out of the FCC's Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, office as did Hollingsworth.rnAccording to the ARRL, Smith previously worked at the FCC, serving in both the Mass Media Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. She rose to the position of Deputy Division Chief of the Public Safety and Private Wireless Division before leaving the FCC in 1998 to become Executive Director of Governmental Affairs for the Industrial TelecommunicationsAssociation (ITA), now the Enterprise Wireless Alliance.