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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  217 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Request  for  Review  of  the 
 Decision  of  the  Universal  Service 
 Administrative  Company  by 


 Alliance  Group  Services,  Inc. 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal 
 Service 


 Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
 National  Exchange  Carriers  Association,  Inc. 


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 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 CC  Docket  No.  97-  21 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  28,  2002  Released:  January  29,  2002 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 


 I.  INTRODUCTION 
 1.  Alliance  Group  Services,  Inc.  (Alliance  Group)  filed  the  above-  captioned  request 
 for  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company 
 (Administrator).  1  Pursuant  to  section  54.719(  c)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  2  this  request  seeks 
 review  of  the  Administrator’s  denial  of  Alliance  Group’s  Letter  of  Appeal  requesting  that  the 
 Administrator  accept  Alliance  Group’s  late-  filed  Form  499A  reporting  revenue  for  the  period 
 January  1-  December  31,  1999.  3 


 2.  The  Commission’s  rules  generally  provide  that  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
 (Bureau),  or  the  Commission  if  the  decision  involves  novel  questions  of  fact,  law,  or  policy, 
 must  take  action  in  response  to  a  request  for  review  of  an  Administrator  decision  within  ninety 
 days.  4  The  Commission’s  rules  further  provide  that  the  Bureau  may  extend  the  time  period  to 


 1  Request  for  Review  of  the  Decision  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  by  Alliance  Group  Services, 
 Inc.,  filed  October  31,  2001  (Request  for  Review). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  719(  c).  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.  Id. 
 3  Letter  from  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Lawrence  M.  Brenton,  issued  on  October  1,  2001. 


 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  724(  a),  (b). 
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 take  action  for  up  to  ninety  days,  and  that  the  Commission  may  also  extend  the  time  period.  5 
 3.  Due  to  the  complexity  of  the  issues  raised  in  the  Request  for  Review,  additional 
 time  is  needed  to  review  the  issues  presented.  Accordingly,  we  extend  by  ninety  days  the 
 deadline  by  which  the  Bureau  or  Commission  must  take  action  regarding  the  above-  captioned 
 Request  for  Review  to  April  29,  2002. 


 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  section  54.724  of  the  Commission’s 
 rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  724,  that  the  time  period  for  taking  action  in  the  above-  captioned  request 
 for  review  of  a  decision  by  the  Administrator  IS  EXTENDED  BY  an  additional  ninety  days. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Anita  Cheng 
 Assistant  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 


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