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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  1922 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  )  Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  )  ) 
 Orleans  Parish  School  District  )  File  Nos.  SLD-  321935,  323725,  New  Orleans,  Louisiana  )  324320,  and  324916 
 )  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  11,  2003  Released:  June  12,  2003 
 By  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  Before  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  are  four  Requests  for  Review  filed  by  the  Orleans  Parish  School  District  (Orleans  Parish),  New  Orleans,  Louisiana, 
 seeking  review  of  decisions  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator)  to  deny  funding  because  of  competitive 
 bidding  issues  related  to  Orleans  Parish’s  FCC  Form  470  and  Requests  for  Proposal.  1  On  May 


 1  Letters  from  George  Watts,  Orleans  Parish  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  May  21, 
 2003,  regarding  SLD  Application  Numbers  321935,  323725,  324320,  and  324916  (Requests  for  Review);  Letter  from  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Alonzo  Luce,  Orleans 


 Parish  School  District,  dated  March  10,  2003,  regarding  SLD  Application  Number  321935;  Letter  from  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Alonzo  Luce,  Orleans  Parish  Schools 
 District,  dated  March  10,  2003,  regarding  SLD  Application  Number  323725;  Letter  from  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Alonzo  Luce,  Orleans  Parish  School  District,  dated  March 
 10,  2003,  regarding  SLD  Application  Number  324320;  Letter  from  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Alonzo  Luce,  Orleans  Parish  School  District,  dated  March  10,  2003,  regarding 
 SLD  Application  Number  324916.  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). 
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 22,  2003,  Orleans  Parish  requested  that  its  Requests  for  Review  be  withdrawn  because  it  has  appealed  to  SLD  and  is  waiting  for  SLD’s  decision.  2 
 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  HEREBY  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  Requests  for  Review  filed  by  Orleans  Parish  School  District,  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  on  March  21,  2003  ARE  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Mark  G.  Seifert  Deputy  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 2  Letter  from  George  Watts,  Orleans  Parish  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  dated  May  22, 
 2003. 
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