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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2785 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
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 Northeast  Educational  Services  Cooperative  )  File  No.  SLD-  144429 
 Hayti,  South  Dakota  ) 
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 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  ON  RECONSIDERATION 
 Adopted:  December  11,  2000  Released:  December  12,  2000 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  We  reconsider  on  our  own  motion,  pursuant  to  sections  0.291  and  1.108  of  the 
 Commission's  rules,  1  our  November  13,  2000  decision  dismissing  a  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by 
 Northeast  Educational  Services  Cooperative  (NESC),  Hayti,  South  Dakota,  as  untimely.  2  In  that 
 Order,  we  found  that  NESC  requested  review  of  a  funding  commitment  decision  issued  by  the 
 Schools  and  Libraries  Division  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company 
 (Administrator)  more  than  thirty  days  after  the  issuance  of  a  decision  by  the  Administrator.  3  We 
 have,  however,  subsequently  learned  that  NESC’s  request  for  review  was,  in  fact,  timely  filed. 
 We  therefore  reconsider  and  vacate  our  Order  dismissing  NESC’s  Letter  of  Appeal  as  untimely, 
 and  continue  to  review  NESC’s  Letter  of  Appeal  in  accordance  with  the  Commission’s  rules. 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  291,  1.  108.  The  Commission  may,  on  its  own  motion,  reconsider  any  action  taken  by  it  within  30 
 days  from  the  date  of  public  notice  of  such  action.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.108. 
 2  Request  for  Review  by  Northeast  Educational  Services  Cooperative,  CC  Dockets  Nos.  96-  45  and  97-  21,  Order,  DA 
 00-  2555  (rel.  November  13,  2000). 
 3  A  request  for  review  of  an  Administrator’s  decision  must  be  filed  within  thirty  days  of  the  date  of  the  issuance  of 
 the  decision.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  720(  a). 
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 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  sections  0.291  and  1.108  of 
 the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  291,  1.108,  we  hereby  reconsider  and  vacate,  on  our  own 
 motion,  our  November  13,  2000  decision  to  dismiss  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by  Northeast 
 Educational  Services  Cooperative,  Hayti,  South  Dakota  as  untimely. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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