March 18, 2002 -- Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today announced that Joseph P. Nacchio, Qwest chairman and CEO, has taken over the role of chairman of President George W. Bush's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). The committee appointment does not affect Nacchio's leadership role at Qwest.

The NSTAC is a group of 30 telecommunications and technology industry CEOs that advises the president and other key government leaders or officials in meetings held several times annually. Nacchio was selected as vice chairman of the committee in 2001 and was elevated to the role of chairman in a conference at the Department of State in Washington, D.C.

In its advisory role to the president, the NSTAC provides industry-based analysis and recommendations on a wide range of policy and technical issues related to telecommunications, information assurance, infrastructure protection and other national security and emergency preparedness concerns. The NSTAC is composed of CEOs from the high-tech communications and defense industries.

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