*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 15990* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 670 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) 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 ) ) Round Lake Area Schools Community Unit ) File No. SLD- 222556 District No. 116 ) Round Lake, Illinois ) ) 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: March 20, 2002 Released: March 21, 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) 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 1 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 Denise Blake, Round Lake Area Schools Community School District No. 116, filed October 15, 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). 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 670 2 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 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 April, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Mariposa County Unified School District, Mariposa, North Dakota; to April 22, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by New Albany- Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation, New Albany, Indiana; to April 15, 2002, for the Request for Review filed by Round Lake Area Schools Community Unit District No. 116, Round Lake, Illinois. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 3 47 C. F. R. § 54.724( a). 4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Mariposa County Unified School District, Mariposa, California 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- 140 (Com. Car. Bur. rel. January 18, 2002). 5 47 C. F. R. § 524( a). 2