*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 10711.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1882 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Children’s Home Society ) File No. SLD- 183026 Sioux Falls, South Dakota ) ) General Communications, Inc. ) Anchorage, Alaska ) ) GV/ WFL BOCES Educational Technology ) File No. SLD- 200390 Service ) Newark, New York ) ) Horseheads Central School District ) File No. SLD- 201837 Syracuse, New York ) ) Lake County School District, Beverly Shores ) File No. SLD- 200217 Elementary School ) Tavares, Florida ) ) Milford School District ) File No. SLD- 198352 Dover, Delaware ) ) National School Conference Institute ) File No. SLD- 71021 Phoenix, Arizona ) ) Nelson County Public Library ) File No. SLD- 172129 Bardstown, Kentucky ) ) Newton Community School District ) File No. SLD- 165225 Newton, Iowa ) ) Saint Mary School ) File No. SLD- 177446 Putnam, Connecticut ) ) Superintendent of Schools, East Grand School ) File No. SLD- 160387 Danforth, Maine ) ) Washington Parish School District ) File No. SLD- 165930 Franklin, Louisana ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1882 2 ) 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 6, 2001 Released: August 7, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. The Accounting Policy Division (Division) has under consideration the above-captioned Requests for Review of decisions issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company. 1 These requests seek review of SLD decisions pursuant to section 54.719( c) of the Commission’s rules. 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 extended by sixty days the time period for considering the Requests for Review. 4 The Bureau requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional thirty (30) days the deadline by which the 1 Letter from Michael Madigan, Children’s Home Society to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 21, 2001; Letter from Tina M. Pidgeon, General Communications, Inc. to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 29, 2001; Letter from Camille Sorenson, GV/ WFL BOCES Educational Technology Service to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 26, 2001; Letter from Shari Dwyer, Horseheads Central School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 23, 2001; Letter from David Coggshall, Lake County School District, Beverly Shores Elementary School, to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 20, 2001; Letter from Kay R. Buck, Milford School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 28, 2001; Letter from Jerry George, National School Conference Institute to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 27, 2001; Letter from Irene H. Underwood, Nelson County Public Library to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 26, 2001; Letter from Jim Pedersen, Newton Community School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 6, 2001; Letter from Phyllis A. Hickey, Saint Mary School to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 22, 2001; Letter from William T. Dobbins, Superintendent of Schools to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 16, 2001; Letter from Rebecca Kemp, Washington Parish School District to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 26, 2001. 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 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Centerville School District, Centerville, South Dakota, et al., Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, Changes to the Board of Directors of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., CC Docket Nos. 96- 45 and 97- 21, Order, DA 01- 1807 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. July 31, 2001). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1882 3 Bureau must take action regarding the instant Requests for Review of decisions by the Schools and Libraries Division. 5 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 thirty days to September 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Children’s Home Society, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; to September 27, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, General Communications, Inc, Anchorage, Alaska; to September 20, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, GV/ WFL BOCES Educational Technology Service, Newark, New York; to September 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Horseheads Central School District, Syracuse, New York; to September 17, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Lake County School District, Beverly Shores Elementary School, Tavares, Florida; to September 24, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Milford School District, Dover, Delaware; to September 24, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, National School Conference Institute, Phoenix, Arizona ; to September 20, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by Nelson County Public Library, Bardstown, Kentucky; to September 3, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Newton Community School District, Newton, Iowa; to September 19, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Saint Mary School, Putnam, Connecticut; to September 12, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Superintendent of Schools, Danforth, Maine; to September 20, 2001, for the Letter of Appeal filed by, Washington Parish School District, Franklin, Louisiana. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 5 47 C. F. R. § 524( a). 3