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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2455 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Requests  for  Review  of  ) 
 Decisions  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Boston  Public  Library  )  File  No.  SLD-  151107 
 Boston,  Massachusetts  )  File  No.  SLD-  151165 
 ) 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service  )  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 ) 
 Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  )  CC  Docket  No.  97-  21 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  October  31,  2000  Released:  November  1,  2000 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Accounting  Policy  Division  (Division)  has  under  consideration  two  requests  for 
 review  filed  on  May  30,  2000,  and  June  5,  2000,  respectively,  by  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston, 
 Massachusetts.  1  These  requests  seek  review  of  decisions  issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries 
 Division  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator).  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  the  deadline  for  resolution.  The  Bureau  shall  have  until 
 November  27,  2000,  to  take  action  on  SLD-  151165,  and  December  4,  2000,  to  take  action  on 
 SLD-  151107.  4 


 1  Letter  from  Susan  F.  Rice,  Boston  Public  Library,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  May  30,  2000; 
 Letter  from  Susan  F.  Rice,  Boston  Public  Library,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  June  5,  2000. 
 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). 


 4  Section  54.  724(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  rules  provides  that  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  may  extend  the  deadline 
 by  an  additional  90  days.  This  order  extends  the  time  period  in  which  to  resolve  Boston  Public  Library’s  requests 
 for  review  to  the  extent  permitted  by  section  54.  724(  a). 
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 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  section  54.724  of  the  Commission's 
 rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  724,  that  the  time  period  for  taking  action  on  the  request  for  review  (SLD-151165) 
 filed  on  May  30,  2000,  by  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston,  Massachusetts  IS 
 EXTENDED  TO  November  27,  2000. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  section  54.724  of  the  Commission's 
 rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  724,  that  the  time  period  for  taking  action  on  the  request  for  review  (SLD-151107) 
 filed  on  June  5,  2000,  by  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston,  Massachusetts  IS  EXTENDED 
 TO  December  4,  2000. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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