hi,
Maybe I'm out of line since I don't have a license and all but would this
article include her call letter sign if she wasn't a ham?
I cold have swear I read that fact in the original article?
Thanks.
 


 
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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:53 AM
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Subject: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement

Laura L. Smith of Pennsylvania has been named by the FCC to fill the vacancy
created when Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, retired in 2008 as Special Counsel
for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau.
Hollingsworth served in that position for more than 10 years as the FCC's
enforcement watchdog over the Amateur Radio Service.

A 1990 graduate of the Pepperdine University School of Law, Smith began her
legal career with the FCC, working in the Mass Media Bureau and Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau. She also served as Deputy Division Chief of the
Public Safety and Private Wireless Division. Smith is currently licensed to
practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In 1998, Smith left the FCC to become Executive Director of Governmental
Affairs for the Industrial Telecommunications Association (ITA), now
Enterprise Wireless Alliance. In that role, she monitored FCC and
legislative proceedings and participated in all regulatory proceedings
relevant to the private wireless industry. In 2001, Smith became ITA's
President and Chief Executive Officer. While in that position, she was
instrumental in the formation of the Consensus Group, a group of public
safety and private wireless entities responsible for drafting the "Consensus
Plan," a proposed resolution for interference in the 800 MHz band; this was
adopted by the FCC in 2004.

Smith returns to the FCC after serving Of Counsel with the Maryland law firm
of Shulman Rogers. While there, she dealt with telecommunications matters
and provided counsel to numerous entities in the private radio and public
safety communities. Smith has served as an industry consultant and written
columns for a variety of trade publications including Mobile Radio
Technology Magazine and The Private Wireless Magazine.

In an October 2008 letter to then-FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, ARRL President
Joel Harrison, W5ZN, urged Martin to name a successor to
Hollingsworth: "The appointment of a replacement Special Counsel in this
position is of critical importance to the Amateur Radio Service, as the
delay in finalizing the appointment stands to undermine in very short order
an exceptionally successful and low-cost program of enforcement in the
Amateur Service."

Calling the FCC's Amateur Radio enforcement program "spectacularly
successful," Harrison reminded Martin of the "long period in the late 1980s
and 1990s during which the Commission was essentially uninvolved in
enforcement in the Amateur Service. The Amateur Service, consisting of some
680,000 licensees of the Commission, is in essence a self-regulating
service; however, due to the shared frequency allocations in the Service and
the long distance propagation of amateur communications, a very few rule
violators can cause severe disruption in the Service. On the other hand,
even a minimal Commission presence has a very strong deterrent value."

When Hollingsworth was appointed as Special Counsel for Amateur Radio
Enforcement, Harrison said that Hollingsworth "established a visible
presence in the Service and very quickly, and with very little investment of
Commission resources, using little more than the awareness of an enforcement
presence, created strong deterrence against rule violations."

Upon learning of Smith's move to the Amateur Radio enforcement role,
Harrison remarked that he was "very pleased to see the Commission move
forward with the hiring of a new Special Counsel responsible for enforcement
of the Amateur Radio Service rules," said Harrison.
"Ever since Riley Hollingsworth announced his retirement, we have met with
the Enforcement Chief numerous times and corresponded with FCC Chairman
Martin to ensure this position remains intact at FCC.
The Commission acknowledges the self-regulating environment we maintain, but
also understands that we need their assistance occasionally to resolve a few
situations. They have continually reassured us that this is an important
matter for them, and Ms Smith's hiring confirms that."