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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  2966 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  Decision  of  the  )  Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 )  Paramus  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  386049 
 Syracuse,  New  York  )  ) 
 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:  September  26,  2003  Released:  September  29,  2003 
 By  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  Thomas  Communications  &  Technology,  on  behalf  of  Paramus  School  District  (Paramus),  Syracuse,  New  York,  seeks  review  of  a  June  25,  2003  decision  by  the  Schools  and 
 Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator).  1  For  a  review  of  decisions  by  SLD,  appeals  to  the  Commission  must  be  filed  within  60  days  of  the 
 issuance  of  the  SLD  decision  date.  2  Here,  Paramus  filed  its  appeal  on  September  3,  2003,  after  the  60-  day  period,  in  contravention  of  our  rules.  We  therefore  dismiss  the  appeal. 


 1  Letter  from  Michelle  Chemotti,  Thomas  Communications  &  Technology,  to  Federal  Communications 
 Commission,  filed  September  3,  2003  (Request  for  Review);  Letter  from  the  School  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Michelle  Chemotti,  Thomas  Communications  &  Technology,  dated 


 June  25,  2003;  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  719(  c). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.720(  b).  See  In  the  Matter  of  Schools  and  Libraries  Universal  Service  Support  Mechanism,  CC 
 Docket  No.  02-  6,  Second  Report  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  18  FCC  Rcd  9202,  9221  (2003). 
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 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91,  0.291,  1.3  and  54.722(  a)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  1.3  and 
 54.722(  a),  that  the  Request  for  Review  filed  on  September  3,  2003,  by  Thomas  Communications  &  Technology,  on  behalf  of  Paramus  School  District,  Syracuse,  New  York,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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