*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 33348* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 3628 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Albuquerque Public Schools ) File Nos. SLD- 242088, 244611 Albuquerque, New Mexico ) ) Asbury Park School Districts ) File No. SLD- 301875 Asbury Park, New Jersey ) ) Boston Public Library ) File No. SLD- 331403 Boston, Massachusetts ) ) Braxton County School District ) File No. SLD- 341055 Cleveland, Ohio ) ) Cherokee County School District ) File No. SLD- 322398 Canton, Georgia ) ) Clearwater Memorial Library ) File No. SLD- 361785 Orofino, Idaho ) ) Emery Unified School District ) File No. SLD- 386068 Emeryville, California ) ) Forsyth County Public Library ) File No. SLD- 386053 Winston- Salem, North Carolina ) ) Grant Joint Union High School District ) File No. SLD- 316355 Sacramento, California ) ) Lansing Public School District ) File No. SLD- 300078 Lansing, Michigan ) ) Leary Independent School District ) File No. SLD- 386045 Hooks, Texas ) ) Omega Alpha Academy ) File No. SLD- 379483 Sierra Vista, Arizona ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 3628 2 West Harvey- Dixmoor Public School ) File No. SLD- 329605 District No. 147 ) Harvey, Illinois ) ) Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support ) CC Docket No. 02- 6 Mechanism ) ORDER Adopted: November 12, 2003 Released: November 13, 2003 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. The Telecommunications Access 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 Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) must issue a decision resolving a request for review of matters properly before it within ninety (90) days unless the time period is extended. 3 The Bureau requires additional time to review the issues presented. Accordingly, we extend by an additional sixty (60) days the deadline by which the Bureau must take action regarding the instant Requests for Review of decisions by the SLD. 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 IS EXTENDED BY an additional sixty (60) days to January 2, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico; to January 13, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Asbury Park School Districts, Asbury Park, New Jersey; to January 13, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts; to January 5, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Braxton 1 Letter from Maureen Davidson, Albuquerque Public Schools, filed August 7, 2003; Letter from Richard Heitmueller, Asbury Park School Districts, filed August 18, 2003; Letter from Carolyn K. Coulter, Boston Public Library, filed August 18, 2003; Letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Braxton County School District, filed August 7, 2003; Letter from Teresa Bowen, Cherokee County School District, filed August 18, 2003, 2003; Letter from Chris Ashby, Clearwater Memorial Library, filed August 25, 2003; Letter from Orin R. Heend, Emery Unified School District, filed August 15, 2003; Letter from Barbara L. Anderson and Herman E. Schmid, Forsyth County Public Library, filed August 26, 2003; Letter from Jim Chapman, Grant Joint Union High School District, filed August 11, 2003; Letter from Stephen L. Maiville, Lansing Public School District, filed August 20, 2003; Letter from Jim Tankersley, Leary Independent School District, filed August 20, 2003; Letter from Stephen R. Carvalho, Omega Alpha Academy, filed August 18, 2003; Letter from Garvin Burton, West Harvey- Dixmoor Public School District No. 147 , filed August 5, 2003 (Requests for Review). 2 See Requests for Review. 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 47 C. F. R. § 54. 724( a). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 3628 3 County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to January 13, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Cherokee County School District, Canton, Georgia; to January 20, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Clearwater Memorial Library, Orofino, Idaho; to January 12, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Emery Unified School District, Emeryville, California; to January 23, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Forsyth County Public Library, Winston- Salem, North Carolina; to January 6, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Grant Joint Union High School District, Sacramento, California; to January 16, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Lansing Public School District, Lansing, Michigan; to January 13, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Leary Independent School District, Hooks, Texas; to January 13, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Omega Alpha Academy, Sierra Vista, Arizona; to January 2, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by West Harvey- Dixmoor Public School District No. 147, Harvey, Illinois. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 3