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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 )
                                   )
                                   Blessed Sacrament School )    NCS Bar Code:  NEC.471.01-
                                   Washington, DC      )    21-00.05200036      
                                   )
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:  June 13, 2000                 Released: June 14, 2000

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Common Carrier Bureau has under consideration a Letter of Appeal filed by
Blessed Sacrament School (Blessed Sacrament), Washington, DC, on April 17, 2000.  In its
Letter of Appeal, Blessed Sacrament seeks review of a funding commitment decision issued by
the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company
(USAC or Administrator) on April 6, 2000.  At approximately the same time that Blessed
Sacrament filed its appeal with the Commission, it filed a Letter of Appeal with the
Administrator.  For the reasons set forth below, we dismiss without prejudice Blessed
Sacrament's Letter of Appeal to the Commission.  
2.     The Commission's rules regarding appeals of SLD decisions do not contemplate
simultaneous appeals to the Commission and the Administrator.  In this case, because Blessed
Sacrament has an appeal pending before the Administrator, we dismiss Blessed Sacrament's
Letter of Appeal to the Commission without prejudice.  Once the Administrator has issued its
decision on Blessed Sacrament's appeal, Blessed Sacrament may then appeal to the Commission if
it believes such appeal is warranted at that time.
3.     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 Letter of Appeal filed April 17, 2000, by Blessed Sacrament School, Washington, DC,
DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Carol E. Mattey
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau