Furth Named Acting Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Copps announced that David Furth will be the Acting Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. Since September 2006, Mr. Furth has served as Associate Bureau Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. In this capacity, he has played a lead role on a variety of legal and policy issues in the Bureau, including the 800 MHz rebanding proceeding and the 700 MHz public safety broadband proceeding. Prior to that time, Mr. Furth was Associate Bureau Chief and Counsel in the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. He joined the FCC in 1992. Furth becomes the Acting Bureau Chief effective at close of business on January 30, 2009.