*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 35004* Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 116 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 04- 116 2 Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support ) CC Docket No. 02- 6 Mechanism ) ORDER Adopted: January 20, 2004 Released: January 21, 2004 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 February 2, 2004, for 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; 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, 200 (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 Albuquerque School District, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 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 03-2669 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Aug. 19, 2003) and American Falls School District No. 1381, American Falls, Idaho, 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- 2977 (Wir. Com. Bur. rel. Sept. 29, 2003). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 116 3 the Request for Review filed by Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico; to February 12, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Asbury Park School Districts, Asbury Park, New Jersey; to February 12, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts; to February 4, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Braxton County School District, Cleveland, Ohio; to February 12, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Cherokee County School District, Canton, Georgia; to February 19, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Clearwater Memorial Library, Orofino, Idaho; to February 11, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Emery Unified School District, Emeryville, California; to February 23, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Forsyth County Public Library, Winston- Salem, North Carolina; to February 6, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Grant Joint Union High School District, Sacramento, California; to February 16, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Lansing Public School District, Lansing, Michigan; to February 12, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Leary Independent School District, Hooks, Texas; to February 12, 2004, for the Request for Review filed by Omega Alpha Academy, Sierra Vista, Arizona; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Narda M. Jones Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 3