*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 10621.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1823 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Washington Parish School District ) File No. SLD- 165930 Franklinton, Louisiana ) ) 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: July 31, 2001 Released: August 1, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Request for Review filed by the Washington Parish School District (Washington Parish), Franklinton, Louisiana, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on February 21, 2001. 1 The Commission received Washington Parish’s Request for Review on March 26, 2001. 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 Request for Review 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 Rebecca Kemp, Washington Parish School District, dated February 21, 2001. 2 Letter from Rebecca Kemp, to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 26, 2001. 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1823 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 Request for Review filed March 26, 2001, by the Washington Parish School District, Franklinton, Louisiana, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2