6-4-13
FCC Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn announced Robert Ratcliffe will serve as Acting Chief of the FCC?s Enforcement Bureau. Ratcliffe currently serves as Deputy Chief of the Media Bureau. The previous Chief, Michele Ellison, was recently named Chief of Staff. Ratcliffe has worked at the FCC for more than 35 years, including tenures as the Acting Chief of the Media Bureau in 2009 and as Deputy Chief of the Enforcement Bureau from 2006 until 2009.
Ratcliffe also served as interim media advisor to former FCC Chairman Alfred C. Sikes and held various policy positions in the former Mass Media Bureau, including Deputy Chief of the Bureau and Assistant Chief of the Policy and Rules and Video Services Divisions. He began his career at the FCC in the original Cable Television Bureau, holding a variety of positions, including Chief of the Policy Review & Development Division.
