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                                                           Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
                                   )
Congregation Bnos Yaakov           )    File No. SLD- 147655
Lakewood, New Jersey               )
                                   )
Federal-State Joint Board on       )    CC Docket No.  96-45
Universal Service                  )
                                   )
Changes to the Board of Directors of the     )    CC Docket No. 97-21
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.  )

                             order

Adopted:  September 12, 2001            Released:  September 13, 2001

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Request for Review of the Congregation Bnos Yaakov (Bnos
Yaakov), Lakewood, New Jersey, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service
Administrative Company's Schools and Libraries Division on April 18, 2000.  The Commission
received Bnos Yaakov's Request for Review on September 1, 2000.  Under section 54.720 of
the Commission's rules, any such appeal must be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the
decision as to which review is sought.  Documents are considered to be filed with the
Commission only upon receipt.  Because the instant Request for Review was not filed within the
specified 30-day period, it will be dismissed without further consideration.
2.     A review of the record indicates that SLD issued two letters to Bnos Yaakov on April
18, 2000 and that both letters were mailed to Bnos Yaakov's current address.  The first letter
indicated that SLD had rejected Bnos Yaakov's application because it had "insufficient support
resources."  Bnos Yaakov admits that it received this letter.  The other letter provided an
expanded description of Bnos Yaakov's failure to demonstrate sufficient resources in the areas of
hardware, professional development, software, and retrofitting.   The more detailed letter also
alerted Bnos Yaakov to the timetable and process for appealing the SLD decision.  
3.     Bnos Yaakov asserts that it did not receive the more detailed April 18, 2000 decision
letter, and became aware of the decision only after having contacted SLD on August 8, 2000 and
receiving a faxed copy.  We have held that merely stating that a letter was not received at the
address provided to SLD and to which prior correspondence had been successfully mailed is
insufficient grounds for reconsideration.  Because the record demonstrates that Bnos Yaakov
received mail from SLD at the same address listed in the more detailed letter, we find no reason to
deviate from this standard.
4.     ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections
0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a),
that the Request for Review filed June 28, 2000, by Congregation Bnos Yaakov, Lakewood, New
Jersey, IS DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Mark G. Seifert
                              Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division 
                              Common Carrier Bureau