PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 09-2609
Release Date:  December 22, 2009
REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION OF THE JUNE 30, 2010 DEADLINE FOR FUNDING 
COMMITMENTS UNDER THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE RURAL HEALTH CARE PILOT 
PROGRAM
WC Docket No. 02-60
On November 2, 2009, the Wireline Competition Bureau issued a public notice seeking comment 
on a filing by the North Carolina TeleHealth Network (NCTN) requesting an extension of the June 30, 
2010 deadline for funding commitment requests under the universal service Rural Health Care Pilot 
Program (Pilot Program).1 Per the public notice, comments on the request were due November 2, 2009, 
and reply comments were due December 2, 2009.
Extension requests similar to the one filed by NCTN have been filed by the Oregon Health 
Network (OHN), the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), Arkansas Telehealth Network 
(ATN), the New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC), Western New York Rural Area Health 
Education Center (R-AHEC), Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI), and Health Information 
Exchange of Montana (HIEM).2
NCTN’s filing will be treated as a request for a one year extension for all participants in the Pilot 
Program.  The extension requests filed by OHN, ANTHC, ATN, NETC, R-AHEC, MPHI and HIEM will 
be treated as ex parte comments in the open proceeding initiated by the NCTN filing.3 Any similar filings 
will also be treated as ex parte comments on the pending extension request proceeding.
  
1 See Comment Sought on North Carolina Telehealth Network Request for Extension of the June 30, 2010 Deadline 
for Funding Commitment Requests Under the Rural Health Care Pilot Program, WC Docket No. 02-60, Public 
Notice,  DA 09-2362 (Wireline Comp. Bur., Nov. 2, 2009) (Pilot Program Extension Public Notice); Letter from 
Dr. William Pilkington, Director Cabarrus Health Alliance (Program Coordinator for NCTN), to Thomas Buckley, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, WC Docket No. 02-60 (dated Oct. 2, 2009).
2 Letter from Kim Lamb, Executive Director, Oregon Health Network, to Thomas Buckley, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, WC Docket No. 02-60 (dated Oct. 23, 2009); Letter from Rebecca Madison, Project Coordinator, Alaska 
Native Tribal Health Consortium, to Sharon Gillett, Wireline Competition Bureau, WC Docket No. 02-60 (dated 
Nov. 3, 2009); Letter from Suzanne Leslie, Project Coordinator, Arkansas Telehealth Network, to Sharon Gillett and 
Thomas Buckley, Wireline Competition Bureau, WC Docket No. 02-60 (dated Nov. 16, 2009); Letter from Brian 
Thibeau, President, New England Telehealth Consortium, to Sharon Gillett, Wireline Competition Bureau, WC 
Docket No. 02-60 (dated Nov. 16, 2009); Letter from Kenneth Oakley, Project Coordinator, Western New York 
Rural Area Health Education Center, to Sharon Gillett, Wireline Competition Bureau, WC Docket No. 02-60 (dated 
Nov. 17, 2009); Letter from Jeffrey Taylor, Executive Director, Michigan Public Health Institute, to Sharon Gillett, 
Wireline Competition Bureau, WC Docket No. 02-60 (dated Nov. 20, 2009); Letter from Kipman Smith, Executive 
Director, Health Information Exchange of Montana, to Thomas Buckley, Wireline Competition Bureau, WC Docket 
No. 02-60 (dated Dec. 4, 2009).
3 See Pilot Program Extension Public Notice; 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206.
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For further information, please contact Ernesto Beckford, Telecommunications Access Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or TTY (202) 418-0484.
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