September 10, 2012
DA 12-1467
SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
AND EMAIL
Mr. Jonathan M. Slaughter, No. 13660-002
FCI Yazoo City Low
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 5000
Yazoo City, MS 39194
Re: Notice of Debarment
File No. EB-12-IH-0050
Dear Mr. Slaughter:
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) hereby notifies you that, 
pursuant to Section 54.8 of its rules, you are prohibited from participating in activities associated 
with or relating to the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (E-Rate 
program) for three years from either the date of your receipt of this Notice of Debarment, or of 
its publication in the Federal Register, whichever is earlier in time (Debarment Date).1
On May 9, 2012, the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) sent you a Notice of 
Suspension and Initiation of Debarment Proceeding (Notice of Suspension)2 that was published 
in the Federal Register on May 24, 2012.3 The Notice of Suspension suspended you from 
participating in activities associated with or relating to the E-Rate program.  It also described the 
basis for initiating debarment proceedings against you, the applicable debarment procedures, and 
the effect of debarment.
As discussed in the Notice of Suspension, on September 29, 2011, you pled guilty to 
converting approximately $892,000 in E-Rate checks, payable to six schools and 14 school 
  
1 47 C.F.R. § 54.8(g); see also 47 C.F.R. § 0.111 (delegating authority to the Enforcement Bureau to resolve 
universal service suspension and debarment proceedings).
2 Letter from Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission, to Jonathan M. Slaughter, Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment 
Proceeding, 27 FCC Rcd 5091 (Enf. Bur. 2012) (Attachment 1).
3 77 Fed. Reg. 31010 (May 24, 2012).
WASHINGTON, DC 20554
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Enforcement Bureau
Investigations and Hearings 
Division
Jonathan M. Slaughter
September 10, 2012
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districts located in 13 states, to your personal use while you were the owner and president of E-
Rate Consulting Services, LLC (ECS).4 Between May 2006 and January 2009, you deposited 
those E-Rate funds into your ECS bank account for your personal use instead of transmitting 
them to your clients.5 Pursuant to Section 54.8(c) of the Commission’s rules, your conviction of 
criminal conduct in connection with the E-Rate program is the basis for this debarment.6
In accordance with the Commission’s debarment rules, you were required to file with the 
Commission any opposition to your suspension or its scope, or to your proposed debarment or its 
scope, no later than 30 calendar days from either the date of your receipt of the Notice of 
Suspension or of its publication in the Federal Register, whichever date occurred first.7 The 
Commission did not receive any such opposition from you.
For the foregoing reasons, you are debarred from participating in activities associated with 
or related to the E-Rate program for three years from the Debarment Date.8 During this 
debarment period, you are excluded from participating in any activities associated with or related 
to the E-Rate program, including the receipt of funds or discounted services through the E-Rate 
program, or consulting with, assisting, or advising applicants or service providers regarding the 
E-Rate program.9
Sincerely,
Theresa Z. Cavanaugh,
Chief
Investigations and Hearings Division
Enforcement Bureau
cc:  Johnnay Schrieber, Universal Service Administrative Company (via e-mail)
Rashann Duvall, Universal Service Administrative Company (via e-mail)
Andrew O. Schiff, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice (via 
e-mail)
  
4 United States v. Jonathan Slaughter, Case No. 2:11cr162-MEF-01, Plea Agreement at 3–5 (M.D. Ala. 2011) (Plea 
Agreement); see Appendix.
5 Id. at 4–5.
6 47 C.F.R. § 54.8(c).
7 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.8 (e)(3), (4).  Any opposition had to be filed no later than June 13, 2012.
8 Id. §§ 54.8(e)(5), (g).
9 Id. §§ 54.8(a)(1), (5), (d).
Appendix
ECS’ CLIENTS STATE TOTAL AMOUNT 
CONVERTED
Dermott Public School District Arkansas $6,809.24
Citrus County School District Florida $678,288.69
Eckerd Halfway House/E-Ku Sumee Florida $5,670
Hendry County School District Florida $39,031.19
Kuna Joint School District Idaho $3,523.67
Middleton School District #134 Idaho $4,299.25
The Winchendon School Massachusetts $8,316.00
Northwood Children's Services Minnesota $24,797.66
Prairie Academy Minnesota $4,673.99
Poplar Bluff School District Missouri $7,672.77
Red Cloud Community School District Nebraska $2,254.52
SAU 41—Hollis Brookline Schools New Hampshire $1,765.18
Beaufort County School District North Carolina $9,730.00
Middle Ohio Education Ohio $23.01
Penns Valley Area School District Pennsylvania $10,966.83
Bedford County School District Tennessee $23,215.94
Banquete Independent School District Texas $18,655.72
Cleburne Independent School District Texas $7,231.32
Leander Independent School District Texas $31,872.31
Teague Independent School District Texas $3,190.56
TOTAL $891,987.85