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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1398 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  ) 
 Decisions  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Free  Library  of  Philadelphia  )  File  No.  SLD-  112605 
 Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  ) 
 ) 
 St.  Pius  X  High  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  114704 
 Kansas  City,  Missouri  ) 
 ) 
 Manhasset  Union  Free  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD  -  136937 
 Westbury,  New  York  ) 
 ) 
 Nassau  County  Board  of  Cooperative  )  File  No.  SLD-  139083 
 Educational  Services  ) 
 Westbury,  New  York  ) 
 ) 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  )  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 Universal  Service  ) 
 ) 
 Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  )  CC  Docket  No.  97-  21 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  23,  2000  Released:  June  26,  2000 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division: 
 1.  The  Common  Carrier  Bureau  (Bureau)  has  under  consideration  the  above-  captioned 
 requests  for  review  of  decisions  issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  of  the  Universal 
 Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator).  1  These  requests  seek  review  of  decisions 


 1  Letter  from  H.  E.  Broadbent,  III,  Free  Library  of  Philadelphia,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed 
 March  24,  2000;  Letter  from  L.  Michael  Smithmier,  St.  Pius  X  High  School,  to  Federal  Communications 
 Commission,  filed  March  29,  2000;  Letter  from  Winston  E.  Himsworth,  E-  Rate  Central,  to  the  Federal 
 Communications  Commission,  filed  April  3,  2000;  Letter  from  Winston  E.  Himsworth,  Nassau  County  Board  of 
 Cooperative  Educational  Services,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  April  3,  2000  (Letters  of  Appeal). 
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 issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company 
 (Administrator).  2 


 2.  The  Commission’s  rules  provide  that  the  Bureau  must  issue  a  decision  resolving  a 
 request  for  review  of  matters  properly  before  it  within  ninety  days.  3  Due  to  the  complexity  of  the 
 issues  raised  in  the  above-  captioned  Letters  of  Appeal,  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  Letters  of  Appeal  of 
 decisions  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division. 


 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  of  decisions  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  IS  EXTENDED 
 BY  sixty  days  from  the  original  ninety-  day  deadline,  to  August  25,  2000,  for  the  Letter  of 
 Appeal  filed  by  the  Free  Library  of  Philadelphia,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania;  to  August  25, 
 2000,  for  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by  St.  Pius  X  High  School,  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  to  August 
 28,  2000,  for  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by  Manhasset  Union  Free  School  District,  Westbury,  New 
 York,  and;  to  August  28,  2000,  for  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by  Nassau  County  Board  of 
 Cooperative  Educational  Services,  Westbury,  New  York. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Sharon  L.  Webber 
 Deputy  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 


 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.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  719(  c). 


 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.724(  a). 
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