*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 16635* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 1822 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Children’s Home of Burlington County ) File No. SLD- 183347 Newtown, Pennsylvania ) ) 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: August 10, 2000 Released: August 11, 2000 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed by Children’s Home of Burlington County (Children’s Home), Newtown, Pennsylvania, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on April 10, 2000. 1 The Commission received Children’s Home’s Letter of Appeal on May 15, 2000. 2 Under section 54.720 of the Commission’s rules, any such appeal must be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the decision as to which review is sought. 3 Documents are considered to be filed with the Commission only upon receipt. 4 Because the instant Letter of Appeal was not filed within the specified 30- day period, it will be dismissed without further consideration. 1 See Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., to Ronald MacClay, Children’s Home of Burlington County, dated April 10, 2000. 2 Letter from Ronald MacClay, Educational Consortium for Telecommunications Savings, to Federal Communications Commission, filed May 15, 2000 (Letter of Appeal). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54.720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 1822 2 2. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722( a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C. F. R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722( a), that the Letter of Appeal filed May 17, 2000, by Children’s Home of Burlington County, Newtown, Pennsylvania, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Sharon L. Webber Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2