Federal Communications Commission DA 02-140

Before the

Federal Communications Commission

Washington, DC 20554

In the Matter of)

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Requests for Review of the)

Decision of the)

Universal Service Administrator by)

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Alliance Group Services, Inc.)File No. SLD-820411

Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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Beulah Public Schools)File No. SLD-128716

Beulah, North Dakota)

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Georgetown Public Library)File No. SLD-220422

Georgetown, Illinois)

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Kimball School District No. 7-2)File No. SLD-236447

Kimball, South Dakota)

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Lee County School District/Marlboro County )File Nos. SLD-204509, 185535

School District)

Bishopville, South Carolina)

Bennettsville, South Carolina)

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Mariposa County Unified School District)File No. SLD-223303

Mariposa, California)

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New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School )File No. SLD-264618

Corporation)

New Albany, Indiana)

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New York Military Academy)File No. SLD-242131

Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York )

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North Dakota Information Technology Department)

Bismarck, North Dakota)

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Oklahoma City School District I-89)NEC.471.03-16-00.29900007

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

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Olympic Peninsula Consultants/Quillayute Valley)File No. SLD-215879

School District)

Forks, Washington)

Perth Amboy Public Schools)File No. SLD-227466

Perth Amboy, New Jersey)

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Pocohantas County School District)File No. SLD-220043

Cleveland, Ohio)

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Round Lake Area Schools Community Unit)File No. SLD-222556

District No. 116)

Round Lake, Illinois)

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Salem City School District)File No. SLD-122004

Salem, New Jersey)

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School for Language and Communication )File No. SLD-246025

Development)

Glen Cove, New York)

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Wexford-Missauke Independent School District )File No. SLD-154882

Cadillac, Michigan)

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Federal-State Joint Board on)CC Docket No. 96-45

Universal Service)

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Changes to the Board of Directors of the)CC Docket No. 97-21

National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.)

order

Adopted: January 17, 2002Released: January 18, 2002

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1. The Accounting Policy Division (Division) has under consideration the above-captioned Requests for Review of decisions issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company.[1] These requests seek review of SLD decisions pursuant to section 54.719(c) of the Commission’s rules.[2]

2.The Commission’s rules provide that the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) must issue a decision resolving a request for review of matters properly before it within ninety days unless the time period is extended.[3] The Bureau requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional sixty (60) days the deadline by which the Bureau must take action regarding the instant Requests for Review of decisions by the SLD.

3.Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to section 54.724(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 54.724(a), that the time period for taking action in the above-captioned Requests for Review IS EXTENDED BY an additional sixty days to March 29, 2002, for the Request for Review filed byAlliance Group Services Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan; to March 8, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Beulah Public Schools, Beulah, North Dakota; to March 8, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown, Illinois;to April 1, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Kimball School District No. 7-2, Kimball, SouthDakota; to March 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Lee County School District/Marlboro County School District, Bishopville, South Carolina; to March 29, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Mariposa County Unified School District, Mariposa, North Dakota; to March 22, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation, New Albany, Indiana; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by North Dakota Information Technology Department, Bismarck, North Dakota; to March 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Oklahoma City School District No. I-89, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Olympic Peninsula Consultants/Quillayute Valley School District, Forks, Washington; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Perth Amboy Public Schools, Perth Amboy, New Jersey; to March 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Pocohantas County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 15, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Round Lake Area Schools Community Unit District No. 116, Round Lake, Illinois; to March 18, 2001 for the Request for Review filed by Salem City School District, Salem, New Jersey; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by School for Language and Communication Development, Glen Cove, New York; to March 8, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Wexford-Missauke Independent School District, Cadillac, Michigan.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau

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[1]Letter from David G. Crocker and Lawrence M. Benton, Alliance Group Services Inc., filed October 31, 2001; Letter from Wilfred Volesky, Beulah Public Schools, filed October 9, 2001; Letter from Linda Davidson, Georgetown Public Library , filed October 9, 2001; Letter from Patricia Booth, Kimball School District No. 7-2, filed November 2, 2001; Letter from Tom Traywick, Jr., Lee County School District/Marlboro County School District, filed October 12, 2001; Letter from Patrick J. Holland, Mariposa County Unified School District, filed October 31, 2001; Letter from Dennis A. Cahill, New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Corporation, filed October 22, 2001; Letter from Donald J. Schwegler, New York Military Academy, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Curtis L. Wolfe, North Dakota Information Technology Department, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Orin R. Heend, Oklahoma City Public Schools, filed October 12, 2001; Letter from Jim Bennett, Olympic Peninsula

Consultants, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Frank Mentro, Perth Amboy Public Schools, filed October 5, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pocohantas County School District, filed October 27, 2001; Letter from Denise Blake, Round Lake Area Schools Community School District No. 116, filed October 15, 2001; Letter from Gary Goldberg, Salem City School District, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from

Susanne Lonigro, School for Language and Communication Development, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Lynn Bollman, Wexford-Missauke Independent School District, filed October 9, 2001.[2] Section 54.719(c) of the Commission’s rules provides that any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of the Administrator may seek review from the Commission.

2 47 C.F.R. § 54.719(c) of the Commission’s rules provides that any person affrieved by an action taken by a division of the Administrator may seek review from the Commission. 47 C.F.R. § 54.719(c)

[3] 47 C.F.R. § 54.724(a).