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October 18, 2007

TIA CTO Dan Bart Receives ANSI Leadership Award

Howard Cooley Medal Awarded During World Standards Week.

Arlington, Va. - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) congratulates its CTO Dan Bart on receiving a distinguished Leadership and Service Award from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) this week. Bart received the Howard Coonley Medal, which recognizes an executive who "has benefited the national economy through voluntary standardization and conformity assessment and has given outstanding support to standardization as a management tool."

A ceremony honoring Mr. Bart and 13 other recipients was held on October 18 in Washington, D.C., as part of the U.S. celebration of World Standards Week. ANSI cited Mr. Bart's active promotion of standardization programs and partnerships for the industry and his long career with the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) and TIA. This is Mr. Bart's second ANSI award; he won ANSI's Meritorious Service Award in 2004.

"Dan's service to the standards community is not only highly commendable, it's unique in its scope and duration," said TIA President Grant Seiffert. "We at TIA and our member companies congratulate him for the fine work he's done these many years."

For more information about TIA's standards work, please contact Ian Martinez at 703.907.7723 or imartinez@tiaonline.org.

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