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                                                           Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554
                                   
In the Matter of                        )
                                   )
Request for Review of the                    )
Decision of the                         ) 
Universal Service Administrator by           )
                                   )
Warsaw Public Library                        )    File No. SLD-13066
Warsaw, New York                        )
                                   )
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service    )    CC Docket No. 96-45
                                   )    
Changes to the Board of Directors            )
of the National Exchange Carrier             )    CC Docket No. 97-21
Association, Inc.                       )

                              ORDER

Adopted:  November 1, 1999                        Released:  November 1, 1999                  

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   The Common Carrier Bureau has under consideration an appeal from Warsaw
Public Library (Warsaw), Warsaw, New York, that was received by the Commission on June 4,
1999.  In its Letter of Appeal, Warsaw asks the Commission "for assistance" with regard to an
application for discounted services it alleges it timely mailed to the Schools and Libraries Division
(SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator), and for which it
apparently seeks to have discounts funded as if the application were received within the filing
window.  At the same time Warsaw filed its appeal with the Commission, Warsaw also filed an
appeal with the Administrator.  As explained below, we dismiss Warsaw's Letter of Appeal to the
Commission without prejudice.   

     2.   The Commission's rules regarding appeals of SLD's decisions do not contemplate
simultaneous appeals to the Commission and the Administrator.  In this case, as noted above,
Warsaw has an appeal pending before the Administrator.  Therefore, we dismiss Warsaw's Letter
of Appeal to the Commission without prejudice.  Once the Administrator has issued its decision
on Warsaw's initial appeal, Warsaw 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 by Warsaw Public Library, Warsaw, New York, on June
4, 1999 IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  



                         Lisa M. Zaina
                         Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau