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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communication  Commission  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322  ________________________________________________________________________________ 
 DA  06-  1738  Release  Date:  August  29,  2006 
 ILLINOIS  COMMERCE  COMMISSION  INFORMS  THE  FCC  THAT  ILLINOIS  IS  NOT  A  “FEDERAL  DEFAULT  STATE” 
 Each  year,  eligible  telecommunications  carriers  (ETCs)  are  required  to  verify  the  continued  eligibility  of  a  statistically  valid  sample  of  their  Lifeline  subscribers.  1  Under  the  terms  of  the  Lifeline 
 Order,  states  that  have  their  own  state-  based  Low  Income  programs  are  required  to  have  established  procedures  concerning  verification  procedures.  2  These  state  procedures  should  include  how  ETCs  should 
 verify  continued  eligibility  and  to  whom  the  results  should  be  submitted.  3  States  that  do  not  have  state-based  Low  Income  programs  are  designated  “federal  default  states.”  ETCs  in  federal  default  states  must 
 follow  the  certification  and  verification  procedures  set  out  in  the  Lifeline  Order.  4 
 In  this  Public  Notice,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  announces  that  the  Illinois  Commerce  Commission  has  informed  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  that  the  state  of  Illinois  is  not  a 
 “federal  default  state.”  As  such,  ETCs  in  Illinois  must  submit  a  certification,  signed  by  an  officer  of  the  company,  to  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  by  August  31,  2006,  attesting  that  the  ETC 
 has  complied  with  state  verification  procedures. 
 The  full  text  of  this  document  is  available  for  public  inspection  and  copying  during  regular  business  hours  at  the  FCC  Reference  Information  Center,  Portals  II,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-A257, 
 Washington,  DC,  20554.  This  document  may  also  be  purchased  from  the  Commission’s  duplicating  contractor,  Best  Copy  and  Printing,  Inc.,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-  B402,  Washington, 
 D.  C.  20554,  telephone  (202)  488-  5300,  facsimile  (202)  488-  5563,  or  via  e-  mail  at  FCC@  BCPIWEB.  COM.  To  request  this  document  in  an  accessible  format  for  people  with  disabilities 
 (Braille,  large  print,  electronic  files,  audio  format),  send  an  e-  mail  to  fcc504@  fcc.  gov  or  call  the  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  0530  (voice),  (202)  418-  0432  (TTY). 


 For  more  information,  contact  Mark  Seifert,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  7400,  TTY  (202)  418-  0484. 
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 1  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service  Lifeline  and  Link-  Up,  WC  Docket  No.  03-  109,  Report  and  Order 
 and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  18  FCC  Rcd  8302  (2004)  (Lifeline  Order). 
 2  Id.  at  8322,  para.  33. 


 3  Id.  at  8324,  para.  37. 
 4  Id. 
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