*Pages 1--4 from Microsoft Word - 14293.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 140 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Alliance Group Services, Inc. ) File No. SLD- 820411 Kalamazoo, Michigan ) ) Beulah Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 128716 Beulah, North Dakota ) ) Georgetown Public Library ) File No. SLD- 220422 Georgetown, Illinois ) ) Kimball School District No. 7- 2 ) File No. SLD- 236447 Kimball, South Dakota ) ) Lee County School District/ Marlboro County ) File Nos. SLD- 204509, 185535 School District ) Bishopville, South Carolina ) Bennettsville, South Carolina ) ) Mariposa County Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 223303 Mariposa, California ) ) New Albany- Floyd County Consolidated School ) File No. SLD- 264618 Corporation ) New Albany, Indiana ) ) New York Military Academy ) File No. SLD- 242131 Cornwall- on- Hudson, New York ) ) North Dakota Information Technology Department ) Bismarck, North Dakota ) ) Oklahoma City School District I- 89 ) NEC. 471.03- 16- 00.29900007 Oklahoma Cit y, Oklahoma ) ) Olympic Peninsula Consultants/ Quillayute Valley ) File No. SLD- 215879 School District ) Forks, Washington ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 140 2 Perth Amboy Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 227466 Perth Amboy, New Jersey ) ) Pocohantas County School District ) File No. SLD- 220043 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Round Lake Area Schools Community Unit ) File No. SLD- 222556 District No. 116 ) Round Lake, Illinois ) ) Salem City School District ) File No. SLD- 122004 Salem, New Jersey ) ) School for Language and Communication ) File No. SLD- 246025 Development ) Glen Cove, New York ) ) Wexford- Missauke Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 154882 Cadillac, Michigan ) ) 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: January 17, 2002 Released: January 18, 2002 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) 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 140 3 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 requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional sixty (60) days the deadline by which the Bureau must take action regarding the instant Requests for Review of decisions by the SLD. 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 IS EXTENDED BY an additional sixty days to March 29, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Alliance Group Services Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan; to March 8, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Beulah Public Schools, Beulah, North Dakota; to March 8, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown, Illinois; to April 1, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Kimball School District No. 7- 2, Kimball, South Dakota; to March 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Lee County School District/ Marlboro County School District, Bishopville, South Carolina; to March 29, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Mariposa County Unified School District, Mariposa, North Dakota; to March 22, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by New Albany- Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation, New Albany, Indiana; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by New York Military Academy, Cornwall- on- Hudson, New York; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by North Dakota Information Technology Department, Bismarck, North Dakota; to March 11, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Oklahoma City School District No. I- 89, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Olympic Peninsula Consultants/ Quillayute Valley School District, 1 Letter from David G. Crocker and Lawrence M. Benton, Alliance Group Services Inc., filed October 31, 2001; Letter from Wilfred Volesky, Beulah Public Schools, filed October 9, 2001; Letter from Linda Davidson, Georgetown Public Library , filed October 9, 2001; Letter from Patricia Booth, Kimball School District No. 7- 2, filed November 2, 2001; Letter from Tom Traywick, Jr., Lee County School District/ Marlboro County School District, filed October 12, 2001; Letter from Patrick J. Holland, Mariposa County Unified School District, filed October 31, 2001; Letter from Dennis A. Cahill, New Albany- Floyd County Consolidated Corporation, filed October 22, 2001; Letter from Donald J. Schwegler, New York Military Academy, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Curtis L. Wolfe, North Dakota Information Technology Department, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Orin R. Heend, Oklahoma City Public Schools, filed October 12, 2001; Letter from Jim Bennett, Olympic Peninsula Consultants, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Frank Mentro, Perth Amboy Public Schools, filed October 5, 2001; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pocohantas County School District, filed October 27, 2001; Letter from Denise Blake, Round Lake Area Schools Community School District No. 116, filed October 15, 2001; Letter from Gary Goldberg, Salem City School District, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Susanne Lonigro, School for Language and Communication Development, filed October 18, 2001; Letter from Lynn Bollman, Wexford- Missauke Independent School District, filed October 9, 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. 2 47 C. F. R. § 54. 719( c) of the Commission’s rules provides that any person affrieved 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). 3 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 140 4 Forks, Washington; to March 4, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Perth Amboy Public Schools, Perth Amboy, New Jersey; to March 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Pocohantas County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to March 15, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Round Lake Area Schools Community Unit District No. 116, Round Lake, Illinois; to March 18, 2001 for the Request for Review filed by Salem City School District, Salem, New Jersey; to March 18, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by School for Language and Communication Development, Glen Cove, New York; to March 8, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Wexford- Missauke Independent School District, Cadillac, Michigan. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 4