*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 22653.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2973 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Portsmouth School Department ) File No. SLD- 191250 Portsmouth, New Hampshire ) ) 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: November 1, 2002 Released: November 4, 2002 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Request for Review filed by Portsmouth School Department (Portsmouth School), Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 1 Portsmouth School seeks review of three decisions issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator) on August 13, 2002. 2 The Commission received Portsmouth School’s Request for Review on October 16, 2002. 3 2. For requests seeking review of decisions issued on or after August 13, 2001 under section 54.720( b) of the Commission’s rules, any such appeal must be filed with the Commission or SLD within 60 days of the issuance of the decision that the party seeks to have reviewed. 4 1 Letter from Edward Stokel, Portsmouth School Department, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 16, 2002 (Request for Review). 2 See Request for Review; Letter from the School and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Tim Wagner, Rocket Science Computer Services, dated August 13, 2002; Letter from the School and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Anna Marie Berry, Verizon – New Hampshire, dated August 13, 2002; Letter from the School and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Anne Tucker, Atlantic Connections, LTD, dated August 13, 2002 (Form 472 Notification Letter). 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 See Request for Review. 4 47 C. F. R. § 54.720( b). See Implementation of Interim Filing Procedures for Filings of Requests for Review, Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96- 45, Order, FCC 01- 376 (rel. Dec. 26, 2001), as corrected by Implementation of Interim Filing Procedures for Filings of Requests for Review, Federal- State Joint 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2973 2 Documents are considered to be filed with the Commission only upon receipt. 5 Because the instant Request for Review was not filed within the requisite 60- day period, it will be dismissed without further consideration. 3. 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 on October 16, 2002, by Portsmouth School Department, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96- 45, Errata (Com. Car. Bur. rel. Dec. 28, 2001 and Jan. 4, 2002); SLD web site, What’s New (January 20, 2002), . 5 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 2