*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 25774.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 759 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Requests for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Adams County Public Library ) File No. SLD- 234818 West Union, Ohio ) ) Aurora Weier Educational Center ) File No. SLD- 258364 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) ) Donna Public Libraries ) File Nos. SLD- 289464, 319218, Donna, Texas ) 320003, 324301, 324627 ) Good Shepherd Schools ) File No. SLD- 172300 Frankfort, Kentucky ) ) La Gloria Independent School District ) File Nos. SLD- 178419, 178491 Falfurrias, Texas ) ) Portsmouth School Department ) File No. SLD- 191250 Portsmouth, New Hampshire ) ) Radford City Schools ) File No. SLD- 328239 Radford, Virginia ) ) Shawano- Gresham School District ) File No. SLD- 292913 Shawano, Wisconsin ) ) St. Bartholomew Consolidated School ) File Nos. SLD- 303724, 328691 Cincinnati, Ohio ) ) State of Washington Department of Information ) File No. SLD- 229488 Olympia, Washington ) ) Systems Concepts, Inc. ) File No. SLD- 263338 Chicago, Illinois ) ) Winans Academy of Performing Arts ) 470 Identifier No. 181540000331585 Detroit, Michigan ) ) 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 759 2 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 12, 2003 Released: March 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 extended by sixty (60) 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 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 thirty (30) days to April 17, 2003, for the 1 Letter from F. Jay Barkey and Harold Showalter; Adams County Public Library, filed November 19, 2002; Letter from Emilio Lopez, Aurora Weier Educational Center, filed October 29, 2002; Letter from Bruce Kalter, Donna Public Libraries, filed October 18, 2002; Letter from Jeffrey D. Stamper, Good Shepherd Schools, filed October 24, 2002; Letter from Raul G. Flores, La Gloria Independent School District, filed October 23, 2002; Letter from Edward Stokel, Portsmouth School Department, filed October 16, 2002; Letter from Arlene Love, Radford City Schools, filed October 17, 2002; Letter from Steve Miller, Shawano- Gresham School District, filed October 30, 2002; Letter from Theresa Mangold, St. Bartholomew Consolidated School, filed October 7, 2002; Letter from Michael D. McVicker, State of Washington Department of Information, filed October 24, 2002; Letter from Cynthia Nielsen- Morgan, Systems Concepts, Inc., filed October 18, 2002; Letter from Tony Mottley, Winans Academy of Performing Arts, filed October 30, 2002 (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). 4 Requests for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Adams County Public Library, West Union, Ohio, 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 03- 241 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Jan. 30, 2002). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 759 3 Request for Review filed by Adams County Public Library, West Union, Ohio; to April 28, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Aurora Weier Educational Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to April 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Donna Public Libraries, Donna, Texas; to April 23, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Good Shepherd Schools, Frankfort, Kentucky; to April 21, 2003, for Request for Review filed by La Gloria Independent School District, Falfurrias, Texas; to April 14, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Portsmouth School Department, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; to April 16, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Radford City Schools, Radford, Virginia; to April 28, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Shawano- Gresham School District, Shawano, Wisconsin; to April 3, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by St. Bartholomew Consolidated School, Cincinnati, Ohio; to April 23, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by State of Washington Department of Information, Olympia, Washington; to April 14, 2003, Systems Concepts, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; to April 28, 2003, for the Request for Review filed by Winans Academy of Performing Arts, Detroit, Michigan. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 3