,JULIUS GENACHOWSKI
CHAIRMAN
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
January 15,2013
The Honorable John F. Kerry
United States Senate
218 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Kerry:
Thank you for your letter regarding Achieve T~lecom Network ofMA, LLC. I
appreciate your interest in this matter and am pleased to provide the enclosed letter on this issue
from the Chiefof the Wireline Competition Bureau's Telecommunications Access Policy
Division.
If you have any additional questions or need any further assistance, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Vulius Genachowski
Enclosure
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Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
January 15,2013
The Honorable John Kerry
United States Senate
218 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-2102
Dear Senator Kerry:
Thank you for your inquiry regarding the concerns of Achieve Telecom Network
ofMA, LLC (Achieve). Specifically, you inquired about the status ofa pending appeal
under the federal universal service schools and libraries support mechanism, commonly
referred to as the E-rate program. Achieve seeks Commission review of a decision by the
Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) that denied funding because USAC
determined that Achieve violated the Commission's E-rate rules.
The Commission strives to balance the goal of providing the important benefits of
the E-rate program to eligible schools and libraries with the need to protect the integrity
of the program and investigate potential waste, fraud and abuse. Achieve's appeal of the
USAC decision is under review by the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (the
Bureau) and the staffof the Bureau have met with Ms. Jackson, the owner of Achieve,
and communicated with her by phone and over e-mail. Although I am unable to
comment on the merits of the petition while it is pending before us, I can assure you that
the Bureau is making every effort to conclude its review as quickly and equitably as
possible.
Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
Sincerely,
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Trent B. Harkrader
Chief
Telecommunications Access Policy Division
Wireline Competition Bureau