*Pages 1--5 from Microsoft Word - 19343.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1537 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Albany Public Library ) File No. SLD- 264968 Albany, New York ) ) Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Library System ) File No. SLD- 227366, 227342 Albuquerque, New Mexico ) ) Chrisman Public Library ) File No. SLD- 267310 Chrisman, Illinois ) ) East Carroll Parish School Board ) File No. SLD- 166879 Lake Province, Louisiana ) ) Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow ) File No. SLD- 226520 District of Columbia ) ) Ellensburg School District No. 401 ) File No. SLD- 266152 Ellensburg, Washington ) ) Fairlawn Board of Education ) NEC. 471.11- 19- 99.01100003 Fairlawn, New Jersey ) ) Foyil Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 267565 Foyil, Oklahoma ) ) Gasconade County R- 1 School District ) File No. SLD- 257203 Herman, Missouri ) ) Glover Elementary School ) File No. SLD- 254489 Broken Bow, Oklahoma ) ) Harrisburg City Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 217737 Harrisburg City, Virginia ) ) Integrity Communications ) File Nos. SLD- 249921, 220193, Corpus Cristi, Texas ) 250073, 238069, 256241 ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1537 2 Lineville- Clio Community School District ) File Nos. SLD- 254652, 282425 Lineville, Iowa ) ) Locust Valley Library ) File No. SLD- 265734 Locust Valley, New York ) ) Maricopa County Office of the School ) File Nos. SLD- 268120, 268016, Superintendent ) 278631, 278571,142970, 142945 Phoenix, Arizona ) 142994, 142915, 143013, 142988, ) 143012 ) Mitel Communications Solutions ) File No. SLD- 110953 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) ) Northland Community Schools ) File No. SLD- 251667 Remer, Minnesota ) ) Ridgemont Public Library ) 470 Application No. 1619000034163 Mt. Victory, Ohio ) ) Roanoke Rapids Graded School District ) File No. SLD- 222879 Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina ) ) S. C. Governor’s School for Science ) File No. SLD- 253975 and Mathematics ) Hartsville, South Carolina ) ) Shepherd Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 258144 Shepherd, Texas ) ) St. Elizabeth Elementary School ) File No. SLD- 267239 Wilmington, Delaware ) ) St. Joseph High School ) File No. SLD- 234540 Frederiksted, St. Croix ) ) Thomasville City Schools ) File No. SLD- 266419 Thomasville, Georgia ) ) Waldwick School District ) File No. SLD- 256981 Paramus, New Jersey ) ) Washington School District ) File No. SLD- 238993 Washington, Pennsylvania ) ) 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1537 3 West Oso Independent School District ) File Nos. SLD- 268040, 267787 Corpus Cristi, Texas ) ) 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: June 28, 2002 Released: July 1, 2002 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. The Telecommunications Access 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 Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) must issue a decision resolving a request for review of matters properly before it within ninety (90) 1 Letter from Patrice M. Hollman, Albany Public Library, filed January 3, 2002; Letter from John R. Godfrey, Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Library System, filed December 20, 2001; Letter from Mary E. Galway, Chrisman Public Library, filed January 16, 2002; Letter from Helen Millikin, East Carroll Parish School Board, filed January 28, 2002; Letter from David O’ Connor, Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, filed January 3, 2002; Letter from James R. Baker, Ellensburg School District No. 401, filed January 3, 2002; Letter from Joanne Wilson, Fairlawn Board of Education, filed January 11, 2002; Letter from Michael E. McGregor, Foyil Public Schools, filed January 28, 2002; Letter from Carol Binkholder, Gasconade County R- 1 School District, filed January 16, 2002; Letter from John A. Tuck, Glover Elementary School, filed January 18, 2002; Letter from Denise E. Dawson, Harrisburg City Pubic Schools, filed January 16, 2002; Letter from Bill Sugarek, Integrity Communications, filed January 3, 2002; Letter from Robert McCurdy, Lineville- Clio Community School District, filed January 22, 2002; Letter from Salvatore Marino, Locust Valley Library, filed January 11, 2002; Letter from Ben Arrendondo and Allison Cioffi, Maricopa County Office of the School Superintendent, filed December 20, 2001; Letter from Correen Oestreich, Mitel Communications Solutions, filed January 29, 2002; Letter from Michael Doro, Northland Community Schools, filed December 31, 2001; Letter from Nancy J. Terrill, Ridgemont Public Library, filed January 29, 2002; Letter from Linda D. Garner, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District, filed January 2, 2002; Letter from Ernie L. Boyd, Jr., S. C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, filed January 8, 2002; Letter from J. Kevin Mathis, Shepherd Independent School District, filed January 29, 2002; Letter from P. Patricia Peterson, St. Elizabeth Elementary School, filed January 9, 2002; Letter from Roy D. Roberts, St. Joseph High School, filed January 17, 2002; Letter from James S. Cable, Thomasville City Schools, filed January 2, 2002; Letter from John A. Serapiglia, Jr., Waldwick School District, filed January 28, 2002; Letter from Rick Mancini, Washington School District, filed January 29, 2002; Letter from Ruben Corkill, West Oso Independent School District, filed January 18, 2002 (Requests for Review). 2 See Requests for Review. 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 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1537 4 days unless the time period is extended. 3 The Bureau extended by sixty (60) 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 Bureau must take action regarding the instant Requests for Review of decisions by the SLD. 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 IS EXTENDED BY an additional thirty (30) days to July 3, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Albany Public Library, Albany, New York; to June 14, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Library System, Albuquerque, New Mexico; to July 12, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Chrisman Public Library, Chrisman, Illinois; to July 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by East Carroll Parish School Board, Lake Province, Louisiana; to July 3, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, Washington, D. C.; to July 3, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Ellensburg School District No. 401, Ellensburg, Washington; to July 10, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Fairlawn Board of Education, Fairlawn, New Jersey; to July 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Foyil Public Schools, Foyil, Oklahoma; to July 12, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Gasconade County R- 1 School District, Hermann, Missouri; to July 17, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Glover Elementary School, Broken Bow, Oklahoma; to July 12, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Harrisonburg City, Virginia; to July 3, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Integrity Communications, Corpus Cristi, Texas; to July 19, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Lineville- Clio Community School District, Lineville, Iowa; to July 10, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Locust Valley Library, Locust Valley, New York; to June 14, 2002, for Request for Review filed by Maricopa County Office of the School Superintendent, Phoenix, Arizona; to July 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Mitel Communications Solutions, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to June 28, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Northland Community Schools, Remer, Minnesota; to July 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Ridgemont Public Library, Mt. Victory, Ohio; to June 28, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Roanoke Rapids Graded School District, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina; to July 5, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by S. C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, Hartsville, South Carolina; to July 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Shepherd Independent School District, Shepherd, Texas; to July 5, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. Elizabeth Elementary School, Wilmington, Delaware; to July 17, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by St. Joseph High School, Frederiksted, St. Croix; to June 28, 2002, for the 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 724( a). 4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Library System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 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 02- 669 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. March 21, 2002). Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Albany Public Library, Albany, New York, 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 02- 954 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. April 25, 2002). 5 47 C. F. R. § 524( a). 4 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 1537 5 Request for Review filed by Thomasville City Schools, Thomasville, Georgia; to July 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Waldwick School District, Paramus, New Jersey; to July 26, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Washington School District, Washington, Pennsylvania; to July 17, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by West Oso Independent School District, Corpus Cristi, Texas. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 5